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Garage Clean Up: I spent about 5 hours on Thursday on further garage clean up. I actually moved the 1959 out of the garage so I would have more room to sort and clean up. It is starting to make sense to me around the importance of having "space" when undertaking a project of this nature. A single garage does not offer much of a contingency space wise. Clutter really impedes progress-no doubt about it. I figure I accomplished about 90% of what I wanted to do which is a really good start. Hopefully today I will get back out there and finish up. It certainly feels good to have things in their proper places and to get rid of some of the associated clutter that seems to accumulate in garages-especially mine.

Tub Move: I incorporated the assistance of my son and his friend Derek plus my daughter to move the '57 tub from the back driveway to the front driveway right outside the garage door. The four of us carried the tub for a hundred feet or so. I would not want to walk it around the block but the short distance was very manageable. I imagine it was a funny sight to behold. Today I am going to put the tub on sawhorses and start to assess my next steps. I also plan to match up which fenders I am going to use and then make a decision on the "sale" of surplus body panels. I need to generate some revenue to keep my projects going. I still have about $800 dollars in the TR fund thanks to my mother's generous gift a few months ago but I would like to top it up plus free up some room by getting rid of the parts.

Next steps on the '59: Hopefully today I am going to finish prepping the exposed panels and get some primer on the bare metal. This needs to be done asap as I started working on this back in August and I shouldn't wait any longer. I decided earlier in the week that I am going to finish up my identified bodywork ( I anticipate I have about 12 hours left) then make another attempt at getting the car started and letting it run for a while. A year ago when I attempted the last start up I didn't install the fuel pump fulcrum correctly so the fuel pump needs to be removed and refitted. Also I need to drain the oil and change out the filter prior to start up as the oil filter canister was leaking on the last start up. I have the adapter to change it out to a spin on filter which I believe will be an excellent enhancement. I also have decided to take the master brake and clutch cylinders off to determine if new rebuild kits will do the trick. They were rebuilt a few years back but are now seized due to non use. Knowledgeable Triumph folks are saying for reliability reasons I should go with new master cylinders but the cost is somewhat prohibitive. I will just have to see what comes up on the inspection. Once I finish these tasks I am going to move the car outside, cover it and start reassembling the powder coated frame.