Arriving at 10am I found my second father-in-law, Jim, looking under the hood of The General. I asked him to help out with the wiring of the engine. He was quick to jump at the chance of being involved in the car... AND he will also be painting the car. Jim has his own shop and has been doing this line of work for over 20 years!! Another family member will apply their skills to this car making it even more special.
The run-down of the day goes like this:
Mounted the new electronic ignition boxes on the firewall, switched yokes on the driveshaft, cleaned the back brake drums and painted them Hemi orange, got the spark plugs on and the firing order down, made a bracket for the electric fan, and simply cleaned the front hood latch... We made the bracket for the dixie horn, but that deserves a post of its own.
Story of the Day:
In making the bracket for the electric fan we had to find a very small bolt to fit perfectly. After about 10min of searching we found what we needed in length. Only my dad had to grind the head to make it fit. Once he was done grinding he grabbed the bolt to put it in. Now ofcourse it was blazing hot!!!! He yelped in pain. I was laughing pretty hard. That was until I felt a slight pain on the back of my neck. I swipped the object, the bolt, from my neck. It landed somewhere across the garage. He basically branded my neck. He didn't think it was still hot, but it has been two days and I still have a bolt mark on my neck. In the end we had to search another 5 min or so trying to find that same bolt.
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