Suspense!

It is the last week of August and nothing significant has happened yet. I have piles of boxes in my office and garage:

• The prior mentioned console
• Full deluxe dash (instrument bezel included)
• Mini-tach (to go in the clock-delete)
• Deluxe seat belts (well, the rears so far)
• Pop-open gas cap
• Shelby emblems (for the gas cap, dash emblem, wheel hub center caps, and seat belts)
• Roof console map light switches & lights, aluminum trim, mounting bracket
• Turn signal switch cam
• Hood turn signal light wiring harness
• Chrome export brace

And the grand daddy of parts boxes - 4 huge and heavy boxes containing a full, new suspension:

• Control arms (uppers & lowers)
• Coil springs (620lb, 1" lowered) and spring perches
• Rear leaf springs (4-leaf, reverse eye - 1" lowered), shackles, hardware. etc.
• 1" front sway, 3/4" rear sway
• Tie rod ends, end links, etc.
• A set of KYB Gas-adjust shocks

Now, I must actually do the work. I spent the summer filling my free time with other family stuff and wasting it doing nothing. But the trend is ending. Saturday, my wife and I spent the day organizing the garage to clear room so I can work on the car.

I am going to attempt to retrieve the oil pan bolt with a long skinny 9-lb magnet I picked up today (I really don't want to drop the oil pan).

I started transferring my instruments to my new bezel last week ( I still have to repaint the needles) and I have to replace the wiper switch (why can't they make a replacement for the chrome switch trim?).

Still...more parts on the way. I need to pick up a new battery and a new master cylinder.