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I haven't got it figured out yet but I am going back to that issue to try again.

That intersection with the guy getting his daily work out has fond memories from over 30 years ago. Almost got in deep sh*t with the cops cause my three buddies I hung out with decided that was the place to have a Chinese fire drill with the cops nearby. Cops don'r like high school boys doing...

Maybe it might be better to upgrade to the newer style plastic ones. But shame I didn't catch this earlier as I could of got pics of them on Jr.'s car.

When I first put together a test harness I used lights to ensure the three functions (lock, unlock & trunk) worked. Then I added the power motors & switches with the lights with only the RKE tripping the light assigned to each function when selected. So on small scale there's no issue but with...

Been working on another idea I'd like to add to the set up, having it be somewhat like the newer systems that will when locking the car the four ways flash & the horn would give a beep. This is something I've gotten used to from my trucks over the years. I'm do need to figure out if it should be...

Had a surprise AR job for a co-worker. Wanted me to swap out the free float hand guard that came with his PSA AR for a copy of a Yankee Hill Machine free float hand guard. It's been awhile since I played armor but all went good. Maybe this will motivate to start my next build.

For the two rear view mirror projects I found & ordered (over paid) the terminal ends needed to make new harnesses. The place has a great listing of terminals but a bit pricey on items & shipping. It is what it is.

So I'm going in the right direction, the warning light cluster was swapped for a gauge cluster. The factory gauge Chevy's had a brown resistor wire running from the C100 to the orange wire in the ignition switch plugs to replicate the resistance the volt light's bulb gave. An option is to...

Another slow day doing anything with the car due to weather. Started with a trip to Harbor Frieght to burn some coupons & picked up a stud gun for the quarter panel dings. Got back pulled out the temp sensor stash for the mirror to find the right one that'll work. Explained to Jr. the function &...

Might need some hammers & spoons to get that finished shape needed. Always good to have a set of hammers & spoons on hand. Even better to have a leather bag to hammer on.

When cleaning the heater core pipe ends check for any holes from corrosion. Jr.'s steel heater control valve leaked like a sieve from rot holes.

I knew DBU was on its way out years back but PPG seemed to take thier time as lots of the tints were shared between DBU & DBC. That $300 for a K code really shocked me & told me I've been away from paint too long. One nice thing with Shopline is Omni shares a lot of supply materials, can use my...

That's my old inspection guy who always passed my '72 & '81. Most of the time he had his welding goggles instead of glasses.

And that was one of the best representations of our G's when it was around. Shame it went out in a race crash but best that UNGN & his son wasn't hurt too bad & are still around.

Tackled another side project myself so it'll be ready for him when it'll need to be done. Made up two (hopefully fully functioning) gauge clusters. One is a '80 cluster with a later quartz tic-tock tach (guess what you could call it. The other uses the '86 up graphics, SS spec tach, currently...