... and we're back ...
I haven't touched the car since the day after Thanksgiving. It's been a long winter and a pretty rainy and cold spring, and I've had a lot of family stuff going on in April and May so I got off to a late start this year.
Tonight, I removed the AC system (as one unit) and pulled out the blower door assembly so I could get some wiring out through the firewall.
Lastly, I unscrewed the power steering pump form the steering box and got that removed.
The only big thing left in the engine compartment is the brake booster, which is staying put. The brake lines, fuel lines, some other miscellaneous vacuum lines are still there and that's about it.
Tomorrow morning I'm dropping the tranny off at a local shop who will go through it to make sure everything is in order.
As I looked over things tonight, I was satisfied that this is as far as I'm going with the disassembly process. As I've said from the start, I don't intend for this car to be a 100 point show car or trailer queen. I plan to drive it.
Next order of business is to get with my paint guy and get on his
calendar. I'm also going to get the materials to start prepping and
painting the interior plastics I pulled out of a yard last year. I need
to find a local place that mixes PPG interior paint.
Another side comment is that as I've taken this car apart, I can
envision how the car was originally put together at the plant. While
doing the reverse of what the factory did 31 years ago, I can see the
logic in how the car was designed and how the various sub-assemblies and
components were intended to put on (in order) and how it all came
together. It'll be fun to eventually start following that path.