Early-October: Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes!

So you might be noticing that the blog took a vacation for a few months... a big part of that was the discovery that the engine that I installed with Oakland John threw a rod and was on the verge of seizing up after less than 50 miles!

The project was more than I could handle on my own, I reached out to my Dad and he warmly agreed to help me tow the Ghia down to the Mojave Desert and have the engine rebuilt.

This provided me the opportunity that I always regretted missing when we swapped engines out back in the Spring, a chance to clean up all that fire damage in the engine compartment!


Scrapping & Sanding...


Priming...


Paint!