Yesterday I got to spend some time working on the car. I was able to accomplish a few things;

-Connect the drag link
-Gave the car a rough alignment (this will need later adjusting)
-Connected the shifter rod
-Connected the shifter (this will need later adjusting)
-Raised the front suspension a bit, then decided it was better left low
-Adjusted the front breaks
-Put the front wheels on and rolled it into the driveway to take a look
-Connected the emergency breaks, made some spacers for the cable out of some spare bolts. (A quality .10c JRS solution to a $60 problem)


I started to bleed the breaks but I think that due to certain circumstances they are beyond repair. This sucks, new break parts won’t be here to Wednesday… Aside from the breaks I need to:


-Fill the trans w/ fluid & clean the new (old) bearing caps I got off the Samba incase I need them.
-Tighten the massive bolts holding on the rear drums (220ft/lbs.)
-Adjust the clutch cable… it’s very loose.
-Finish the breaks of’ course
-Tighten a few bolts on the beam
-find two new lug-nuts, two of the ones I have won’t work for whatever reason…
-Clean out the inside, it is absolutely filthy!
-re-install the front rack
-trim the bracket I made for the steering box protector, as it turns out when you depress the break pedal it hits the bracket… a design flaw…whoops!

Aside from the breaks, there really isn’t that much major work left to do. Lots of piddley things but I believe that that is what makes a project, and also what make the difference between a successful outcome and a failed attempt.

When I had the car out in the driveway I forgot to snap a picture of it, the one above has pretty much the exact same suspension setup and about a 100000x better body; when i am standing next to the bus, (i'm about 5'7") I can almost see over the roof....