February 2005

Today I had a couple of my friends, Mike McGee and his brother-in-law Scott, help me install the motor into the car. We used a floor jack and a lot of muscle to get the motor in place. Thanks to Mike and Scott. My intention is to wire up the motor so that I can remotely start it, just to turn it over once a week. During the next several months I'm going to install all of the new parts, cables, bushings, etc, and finally the suspension pieces.

Here's another shot of the motor.

Here's a shot underneath. I haven't tightened all of the mounting bolts until I have the axles installed. By mounting the motor in the car, it will better support the engine while I start it and keep the parts lubricated.

Here's another shot from underneath. It is a great feeling installing parts back on the car.

Here's a shot of the interior with the main wiring harness installed, along with the speedometer cable. I still have a lot of work left in here.

This how I know how the parts need to be installed. I have this web site on my laptop, so I just pull up the pics, read the text, and presto, the parts are in the correct position. BTW, I also am using the blue car, project #1, for any examples that weren't clearly photograhed and/or documented. I have also bagged all of the small parts, bolts, washers and nuts in small baggies, labeled with the location and the date they were removed. This date is cross-reference to this site.

I installed the seat rails, parking brake handle and the interior wiring.

Also installed the gear shifter and the center tray. The wires on the floor on the driver's side are for the interior light, mounted in the back pad.

This shows the wires that will be connected to the brake pedal.