[Lynn]

Didn't do a whole lot today. Cleaned. Cleaned some more.
Found a receipt under the seat for a battery from Sears dated 1996.

I don't believe the car has been driven more than a mile since 2003. As I stated in my long winded first post, front tires still have nubs, and they are dated 2003.

I thought about putting the RR tire back on the rim, but decided why bother?

Would still like to take the car to the tag office in the next day or two. In OK, if you buy a car in state, you only need to take the title. But if it comes from out of state they have to inspect the vin plate. So, in case I can't wait until my new tires get here, I tried fitting the front tires and wheels that had been on the El Camino. They are a bit tall, but fit up into the wheel well without any possibility of rubbing. 215 70 R15. 15x7 wheel with about 4.5 inch backspacing.

Looks kind of odd with 15 inch Centerlines on the rear and the 14 inch Torq Thrust on front. Doesn't help that the front tires are undersized. 195 70 R14. But it is temporary.

Still haven't washed the car yet. Lots of little water spots. Tried a couple of test areas and they all polish off. Should be 60F here on Wed. so maybe then.

I had to take the floor mats to the car wash and treat them with some heavy duty degreaser. Would have been nice if the water was hot on the soap cycle like it is supposed to be. May need to find another car wash. Still not perfect, but a vast improvement.

Because I found a mouse nest in the frame, I wanted to make sure the little bastard didn't get nesting material out of the seats. Pulled the back seat and was pleased to see all is well. Springs still have the Jan of 57 assembly tag. I was surprised to see seat belt anchors. Not sure what the PO did with the seat belts. Apparently they were never installed on the assembly line, but could be ordered with the car and dealer installed.

AM radio works. Not that there is anything I want to listen to on AM. Horn did not honk with the horn ring. Ran a wire to each one. RS does not honk. Left side does. I assume there is an issue in the steering column or a horn relay.

I did confirm that the carb (7028212 DH) and the intake (3919803) are original to the 1968 HF code engine (275 horse 327). Still can't figure out why they would not have used the heads off that engine. Should have 291 heads with 1.94 intake valves. Did not pull a valve cover to check dates, but they could be the 1957 power pack heads. That would give it some extra compression (60cc chamber vs 63cc) but they use 1.72 intake valves, so really small. Just seem odd.

I have several extra sets of 186 heads, so will likely just use one of those sets if I decide to get into the motor. Way down the road. Just want to get it safe and comfortable, enjoy the ride for a while. Engine does idle very smoothly, so no reason to start ripping it apart. Besides, I need to get back on the LT-1 resto.

Did order a carb kit, points and plugs.

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