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I'm really stoked over the effort you've put into these. I'll bet they both drew a lot of attention. I'm sure your model did. ;D

We don't have an association, but I live within the suburbs of an incorporated town with a number of laws about how high your fence can be and how many chickens and dogs you can have. It's not too draconian, but it's not like living out in the county. Theoretically, no tarp structure can remain up indefinitely. They are considered temporary structures only, and don't need a permit. But if you do leave them up (I do) they shouldn't be visible from the street. Basically what can't be seen from the street is not going to be examined as long as your neighbors don't complain. I'm very nice to ours & never run the power tools after 10 PM.

Very nice car Fulmnte. Who made the radiator?

Mine had all new cups and seals when I parked it. 20 years ago. Over 20 years the fluid just leaked down.

Once a pin is staked & then removed it's typically too short to re-use. Making a new pin isn't hard.

Congratulations, and drive 'er carefully. She's a member of the family now. ;D

Boat trailers use that same bolt. I got a set of 20 chrome ones at a boat shop, lefts and rights, for less that Bernbaum asks for a set of 5 OEMs.

Just make sure, before condemning the locks/latches, that the doors are adjusted. Or for that matter, that they are even still adjustable. What I mean is that it's common for the body to sag at the body mount near the door hinges. This makes the back edge of the door too low, plus make it crooked in the door frame. At that point you might not be able to get a good adjustment. BTW, my star wheels are very worn, but sill work.

So many things that make sense to engineers become made senseless by the accountants. Engineers get a bad rap on a lot of things they were forced into doing against their judgement. The engineer's code of ethics says that you will not do these things, if they represent bad (or lack of) engineering judgement, but neglects to tell you where to find a new job after refusing the guy who signs the checks. (edit...my grammar was made senseless...LOL)

I'm not that frugal, but I'll wire my own because I don't want traditional wiring. I want high tech teflon insulated wire that doesn't chafe or melt like PVC. It won't look original, but I'm changing all the electrics to 12v anyhow. Also I want every terminal soldered & insulated with heat-shrink tubing. The body will have extra ground wires in the harness to each lamp or device. I'm putting sealer on all the body and trim bolts & I want solid grounds that don't depend on the body fasteners. BTW, casual research indicates that teflon coated wire is about 5x the price of PVC insulated wire. Not frugal.

There are also two nuts which hold the column clamp to the dash in addition to the two screws that hold the column clamp together. The nuts are hidden above the lower lip of the dash so a PITA to get to. And it certainly wouldn't hurt to rule out other things if you haven't already done so. Things like squeaky cables and cowl vent linkages. Is the parking brake cable rubbing on the cowl or frame & transmitting the sound up to the dash? Is the tin cover loose on the radio? Stuff like that. you might even loosen the whole dash and re-tighten it. Sometimes things like fenders and dashes get tightened to the body when the car's not all level & square & evenly loaded, and you end up having to adjust them later.

I'd get busted for that by code enforcement. Way too tall for our neighborhood. I built a tarp out of galvanized chain-link fence parts, which is where I was storing my boat, but now where I'm stripping my car. It had to be low, and all the commercial kits were too tall. Also one edge hangs from the eaves, so I don't want to advertise that it's there. The tarps are $40 but only last about 6~9 months around here unless you pay big bux for a really good one.

This is the way to go. The big shops here are getting $75 and they are mainly just doing R&R. Diagnostics start with a flat fee of like $90 many places, & go from there.

Wiring is daunting when you start with a whole harness and have to dig into it and diagnose things. It's easier to wire a car from scratch. Soldering's not that hard once you "get it", and if you build it & solder all the terminals by hand you'll have a system you know, and one that will survive vibration & corrosion. Those are the two big enemies of all wiring and electrical devices.

LOL I forget what it's like up there. We camped out on the beach near Seattle once back in the 60's. OMG! Here we've been having a nice drought, but I sorta prefer the desert atmosphere myself.

I don't use Facebook at all, so I didn't see the video, but I think the idea of vintage drag races is too cool. I've had a few street races in mine, back in the day. Never been to a real track day.