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More sandblasting on the hood today...

second coated bulkhead connector...

and tried out the new shears...

NICE EASY CUT! Will outline the old firewall pads on the new material next weekend and get them cut out then wrap up the blasting on the hood.

Stay tuned....

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A bit more progress... the carb rebuild kit nor my new sheers have arrived yet so I needed to find additional tasks to do.

The NOS parking brake release arrived last week, so the first order of business was to get that installed....

and wrapped to protect it until installation.

Next up was to trim away the excess Gorilla glue from the bulkhead connector seal...

and fill any remaining cracks with RTV...

before spraying it with the first coat of Plasti Dip.

From there, Jim helped me put the hood up on the stand in the blast booth and then I masked off the seams between the underhood bracing and the exterior sheetmetal (to keep as much sand as possible out of the the bracing)...

and then proceeded to sandblast it.

the blasting also revealed the factory grease pencil marks....

I know the 9D is paint code (Polar White) but not sure about the 789??

At first I was trying to get everything, but then I realized the factory red oxide primer was on pretty good and tough to get off so I decided to leave it and just knock of the body color. The remaining red oxide should offer a pretty good base for the new primer and finish coat to adhere to.

Once finished with the underside, Jim helped me flip it over so I can knock off the top side paint next weekend.

But before I could leave, I noticed I almost had a flat tire on my driver, so we pulled it in and Jim broke it down and removed the culprit.... a very small piece of metal had just barely penetrated the tire in one of the tread grooves. Amazing how something so tiny could have stood up and pushed it's way thru the tread!

Until next episode............

ZEBRA 3 OUT

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Well, another low productivity weekend... fueled the Fairlane and she would start and idle as before but still bog and die on acceleration. Popped the top off the carb (did you know you could start and run the engine with the top of the Autolite/Motorcraft 2 barrel carb off??) and have determined the issue is with the power valve, so I'll get a kit on order and then she should be good as new!!

On the Tomato, removed the earlier installed bracing and cut a piece of insulation to fit up against the cowl area and got it installed...

and then laid out my new firewall pad material and the old pad and template...

so I can get the new firewall pad cut and installed next weekend. Need to get my shears cleaned up and sharpened really well this week so they will cut the pad easily. A buddy with an upholstery shop said to bring them by and he would see what he could do for them.

I also installed the refurbished perimeter wiring retainer, the pedal pad and NOS stainless steel trim to the parking brake assembly...

The NOS brake release handle is due to arrive on Monday so I'll get that installed and the assembly greased up next weekend and ready to be rehung in the car.

Hope to also get the firewall pad cut and installed next weekend as well and perhaps have the Fairlane back up to normal!

Stay tuned to find out.....

ZEBRA 3 OUT

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Well got the new fuel pump installed on the Fairlane and she started up, ran for a minute then, just my luck, stumbled and died.... out of gas! Next weekend I'll get a can of gas and drop a line into the container and give her a drink of fresh gas and see how she runs.

Tomato wise, I got the parking brake assembly reassembled (minus the cables), masked off and reshot the foot pedal area. Give her a good coat of white lithium grease and it'll be ready to go back into the car.

My insulation also arrived last week so I need to get my heavy shears sharpened up so I can start recutting the necessary firewall pads.

Until next time....

ZEBRA 3 OUT