11/23/09

Cleaned the original rear housing, looking for paint marks. Found a weird '5E' or maybe '3S' on the side of the middle. Not much other than that. A yellow number, possibly a '3' on the step-down. Red where a clamp was and a possibly the remnants of a white check mark near the fill plug. Did find a cool 'E' stamped into the RH step-down. The rear has been sent out for cleaning/stripping.









One of the original axle seals was still in place:




A really cool detail item which I doubt very many restored cars have is an original hood to cowl seal. These are notorious for cracking and breaking apart over time. I was actually able to salvage a really nice one from the red parts coupe. Original retainers were phosphated along with original screws.



With that fancy shmancy hood seal, had to add a little more "bling", so went ahead and applied the paint inspector mark. For those not aware, this is the proper style paint inspector stamp for a San Jose car built at this time period.



Next up is more "bling"... an NOS AM radio! I had a terrible time finding an original with nice enough buttons so threw in the towel and bought an NOS piece. The car is very deserving, so what the heck.



Last item is the fuel tank. Got it installed with an original C4ZF sending unit. Note original clips for the sender wire. The wiring is restored original.