My father and I spoke on the phone last evening and during the course of our conversation he asked me if I was going to finish the Triumph this summer? (I talk to him time to time about the project) Did I really want to get it done? I answered "of course I do" and "yes" I am still trying to do just that!!!
I told my father that I had already completed much of the time consuming work and that the "reassembly" could go fairly quickly because the car is simple in design and I have lots of shiny new/repainted parts to incorporate!!! Of course, in typical fashion I might be underestimating what is left to do and how long it is going to take me to finish.? Who knows? I attempted to visualize the remaining steps to see if the end of July date is still do-able. It all depends? I think (for sure) I have turned a corner and I am heading home -but how far down the road drivability is, is still an unknown?
I received confirmation my part order is being shipped today which include the two used wheels I determined to purchase last week. The wheel repair shop also got back to me on Monday and said they felt 2 out of the 3 wheels were fixable but the third was questionable due to how badly bent the rim was? At $45 per wheel for the repair I think the cost is reasonable to get a couple of wheels "trued up"... I think I will bead blast the wheels and paint them silver or white-not sure yet...
The reaming out of the bushings for the lower wishbone arms is not going to be completed until early next week- a bit later than anticipated at a cost of around $75 which is reasonable in my book...
The '57 has yet to be moved to the back driveway. Hopefully this will happen Thursday/Friday?
Gardening has "trumped" Triumph work for last week or so. Understandable for sure (given the priority)...
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