Details 37....

Not a very productive Saturday... broke out my old friend the sand blaster and carried 100lbs of blast media, my hood and a few other things into the blast room to sandblast, filled the hopper with sand, got the first piece into position, drained the water off the air tanks, got all my protective garb on and pulled the trigger..... NOTHING. Fiddled with it for about half an hour before finally giving up and turning my attention to other areas.

Got my fabricated antenna mount and dry fit it to confirm clearances before final welding and trimming....

Looks like it's gonna work out beautifully!

Then I got my 6" rail section out and clamped one side of the hour glass shaped valve cover to determine how much it needed to be pushed back into position....

Looks to be about 1/8"....

I woke about midnight to a revelation as to why the blaster didn't work.... I had turned down the air pressure at the regulator when I was playing with the paint sprayer! Crazy how your mind works!!

Stay tuned.....

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Details 36....

More baby steps Saturday... got the driver side front suspension buttoned up...

and tried out the insulation/sound deadener to the floor.

It is actually residential HVAC duct insulation...

One of the guys on the GTS forum said he used and it actually laid down pretty nicely. Need to stop and get a few more rolls and a roll of the aluminum tape to finish the floor, put inside the doors, the cabin sections of the quarter panels and the roof.

I also removed the gasket remnants from the M/T valve covers in preparation to repairing and having them both powdercoated.

Don't touch that dial!!

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Details 35....

Made a bit more progress today..... got the ball joints torqued to the spindles, resprayed the interior cabin, the trunk floor and wheelhouses...

sandblasted my intake manifold...

and dry fit the M/T valve covers. I discovered one of them is hourglass shaped. I think a couple turnbuckles placed inside should be able to spread it back into shape.??

I also started chasing the various threads on the engine as well.

More to come.....

ZEBRA 3 OUT