Off to the Rebuilders

The shaft is shortened and the steering gearbox was shipped on Thursday to the Lares Corporation in Minnesota for rebuilding.

I haven't done much on the car as the wife wanted me to build a workbench with storage for her art supplies/ I'm nearly finished with it, but with temps in the high nineties and a brisk SW wind, I don't last very long working in the non-air conditioned part of my workshop. Cooler weather is coming next week.

We finally got our East Texas house in contract. There is a contingency clause, but at least we have earnest money and legal paperwork.

Next on my car to-do list is installing some of the basic power and ground wiring so I can determine wire bundle routing and fuse placement.

Since I will have two power buses...one under the hood, and the other inside the console...I must first determine the location of the under-hood fuse/relay block. That requires temporarily mounting the inner fender sheet metal. I worked on that project for a while, but I'm not going to permanently install any more sheet metal since I want easier access when I fabricate and route the brake and transmission cooling lines. I need to order more parts before I can do that.