[Verdoro 68]

We're in the homestretch of preping the Ventura for the drive to Arizona in a couple weeks. The only thing left on the list are the seats and the rear bumper. We were expecting the seats last week, but the upholsterer had an injury and has been backed up on jobs. When I spoke to him Friday, he promised he'd have the seats done before the trip.

Cole's going to race, so I've been trying to get any drips or leaks sealed up. I installed a Wagner PCV with the hopes that it might help minimize the rear main leak a little bit.

The speedo adapter on the trans also had a pretty big leak. Turns out there were two seals installed for the speed gear. Not sure how that happened, but a fresh seal and o-ring seems to have things sealed up. The aftermarket trans pan we installed a few months ago (when we were trying to diagnose a bigger leak) had a small leak from the drain plug which annoyed me. I'm not a fan of chrome pans either, so I reinstalled the stock pan with a LubeLocker gasket.

A few months ago I ordered a fiberglass filler panel that goes between the rear bumper and the tail panel from a small company. It finally arrived a few weeks ago and it's several inches too short and the contours are all wrong. Now we're trying to save the stock plastic rear filler as best we can. It's a tedious process, but a heat gun seem to help make it more pliable to fit better.

[VCho455]

More sheetmetal work on the bird.