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Out with the old, in with the older.

Nice

Sweet. Can't wait to see the progress.

Decided to redo the window channel/weatherstripping.....windows were loose and rattling and the old stuff was dried out an brittle. What a pain in the ass. The driver's side must have gotten more sun because the strip in the wing/vent window more or less melted and fused in there, which required yanking the whole thing out so I could chisel the junk out. Of course the passenger side took 1/2 the time after learning what not to do. Ended up scratching the tint in the process and decided to yank that off too. I am one tan mofo.

I squirted a bit of WD-40 under the rock hard stuff when I removed it on my mid. It slid right out. It was a total pain. I am not looking forward to doing the same on the truck in the coming months.

Hindsight 20/20! Learned my lesson.

(Lesson: don't ever do this again if possible)

I've done both my 73 and 89, I skipped messing with the vent, ain't broke don't fix it, buy the tool for removing the squeegee, makes life easier, I hate easy so I took the screwdriver, is great for breaking things you want to save.

Work continues. New intake/head gaskets, tensioner, belts........replacing the harmonic balancer is up next and probably a carb rebuild too because the idle is inconsistent.

Somebody got new tires today, the ones on it were scary old and rotted. Like frscke1.

BOO !




Im 63 and have a bum leg ....lol