Naked

So the Crestline is still up on jack stands in the garage and the clean up continues. Made some decent progress over the last few days though. The underside, particularly the front end, is looking fairly good. Sprayed it with a bunch of degreaser on Friday night and blasted it with the power washer on Saturday. Not clean enough to be painted but clean enough to get to work on the front end. On the driver's side, the Pitman arm needs looking at, on the passenger side, just the bearings need attention. After that gets taken care of, it's on to the brakes.

Got a proper fuel pump block off plate to replace the ridiculous one that had been fab'ed up out of formica!! So I bolted it on as soon as I got it. That should improve the performance of the motor no end!

I was hoping a friend might come over with his floor jacks so we could jack the engine up a bit and set it on the mounts correctly. Somehow, it is off the mount on one side. Might be a good idea to replace the main engine seal while we've got the engine jacked up.




As the title states, the car has been undressed! I didn't want to sit idle while I wait to start on the suspension, so I went to work on the inside. Removed all the scuff plates and pulled the carpets out. Unbolted the front bench seat and pulled it out. The back seat and back cushion came out easily too. Removing the seats and carpet revealed a solid floor with very little rust. Some surface rust but no holes, everything is good shape! Not bad at all for a 54 year old. This opens up a few more sub projects that I should be able to get working on if I need to wait for help on any mechanical stuff.







The highlight of the days work was a little find I made. When we pulled the carpet out, underneath it where the front bench seat had been, was old receipt. A chap named Raymond Mohler stopped into Douma's supermarket in Ripon, California for a spot of gin in January of 1966. Worth nothing, but I thought it was a cool find nonetheless!