John S's Journal

So they say. Continued on with putting things back into the engine bay. Got the forward part of the loom routed back where it needs to be and secured along the passenger side inner wing and under the slam panel. Cleaned up the harness tape and the individual wires as I went along. Also cleaned up all of the various clips and fasteners until the rust and oxidation was gone and gleaming like new again. Spent a considerable amount of time cleaning the garage and organizing as it was looking like a bomb went off. I can actually see my bench top and work table for now.
Picked up a couple of sturdy storage bins for parts. One for stuff that are meant to go back on the GT and one for parts that came off the parted out ‘70 RD.

The underside of the bonnet looked good in the daylight today so next up will be gluing on the liners. Probably in the next day or two. In the meantime, there were some misc. brackets that needed a lick of paint after cleaning and sanding. Horn mounting brackets are finished and mounted now. My horn repair job worked as it sounded when I clipped the battery charger up to the replacement terminal.
The mounting plate and assorted brackets for the charcoal canister are done now as well. I need to refresh the innards of the canister while it’s out but that’s for another day and probably not tomorrow. 5 busy grandkids from 3 to 8 years old are coming over and going swimming at our friends house across the street.

I’m inching slowly along.