Time in Garage Sunday: 1 hr
I regrouped and moved things around in my garage Saturday. The initial issue was the chassis was facing the wrong way in the garage and there was no room to move the engine hoist (which is stored at the front of the garage) and the removed engine into place due to interference. I originally contemplated moving the body outside and turning around the chassis by moving it down the driveway and on to the street and then back up the driveway. The task would not be that straight forward due to the fact we still have a significant amount of snow on the ground. After surveying the situation I realized that I could move the chassis back towards the front of the garage and clear out a path by moving my compressor, the transmission. radio and parts boxes and manhandle the engine to the garage door side of the garage which I accomplished. When it is time to install the engine, I can open up the garage door, move the chassis back towards the door and position the engine hoist in front of the chassis and not have to move the body outdoors or reposition the chassis. This is very do-able if the weather cooperates. The upside is I don't have to move the body outside and it can stay on it's stand until I get the paint applied to the underneath of the car.
I also determined I have more "dormant" and redundant stuff stored in my garage which I have started to clear out. I freed up one shelf in my cupboard and moved in some of the engine parts and got them out of the way. I also repositioned my rolling tool box into a better location allowing better accessibility.
Yesterday I reassembled the 1957 windshield frame-making one good unit out of a bunch of parts. The 57 had been rolled and the frame was bend. The windshield has no glass in it..The previous owner had purchased some replacement parts but never assembled the windshield.
Yesterday morning I "estimated" (for curiosity sake) the cost of reassembling the 1957 to finished primer. About $5800 if the engine proves usable.
Some more garage cleaning work is required today before I continue with the reassembly..
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