Baby's First Bath

Brian was down this Sunday with a big batch of parts.  First on the agenda was installing the new gas tank, fuel level sending unit, and fill pipe:

Air wrench



Next, the rear disk brakes:

Speed wrench



Still need to hook up the hydraulic lines and parking brake cable

One of the items he brought down was a new under-dash wiring harness.  This will keep me occupied for a long time, I think.  On the left is the new harness, and on the right the old one.  I will have to clean up and transfer various knobs, ignition switch, light switch, etc. from the old one:

The car was getting pretty dirty just sitting in my shop for half a year since it was painted, so we decided to give it a bath:

If it wasn't for those ugly wheels and tires it would be looking pretty good.  Still riding a bit high without an engine to load the front suspension.  There is a chrome rocker molding strip coming which will add a bit more bling:

And then we end the day with the traditional shootout: