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Originally Posted by Gordons
Is this a C8A HUW model ?
Was wondering if anyone has heard how M.Perry is doing with his HUP restoration?
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The answer to that is very slowly. My workshop is 150 kms west of home, and I have not been getting out there as often, and have spent little time there - and when I do, other projects and priorities get in the way. And then there's the matter of $$, which lately seems to be more of an obstacle (having just yesterday spent yet another $1K-plus to keep my Chevy pickup running). And I need new eavestroughs on the house, too.
I have lately been bolting on fenders and running boards and rebuilding the sliding glass windows (There are six of them (plus another will be needed for the partition) and each frame is made up of a half-dozen-or-so metal strips, channels, and a buncha screws. I have remounted the steering column, got the wiring loom in, and rebuilt the brake lines (but may have to redo one or two of them), new wheel cylinders and rebuilt master, plus all shoes relined, as well the parking brake which is reinstalled along with the drive shafts. I was reassembling the shell section, but need to find the correct screws for the vent door hinges, and have obtained new bits and pieces for the headlight buckets, one of which is more banged up than I earlier realized.
I need to have one fuel tank rebuilt from a LH to a RH - one which was already converted from RH to LH (it's a long story), and I thought I'd take the rad in for servicing if I found a shop that did good work on the tanks.
There is a fair bit of sheet metal cosmetics I have yet to deal with, and some sheet metal fabricating I need to do or have done for a few items, such as the oil can brackets.
I had been aiming to deal with the engine and paint and remount it this spring, but time, budget and everything else seem to be pushing that back as well. I have a fence to build out there, also, among other things.
Lots of other piddly items I could detail, but that's about where things sit at the moment.