DAY 2: Preparation

Knowing we were going to need them, we drove to Pawpaw's house to get the "cherry picker" and the engine stand.  One of the parts we look forward to the most is rebuilding the engine as this will be the first time for both Eli and myself.  Given that fact, we plan to rebuild the existing engine rather than have our "first-try-learning-experience" on something more expensive.

When we got home from Pawpaw's house we had a box full of window cranks, some door locks and a new ignition (the car was purchased with no keys).  That's all in addition to the tools we actually went there to acquire.

We put the battery on the trickle charger (we assume it's junk, but you never know) and popped in the new ignition... We'll try to turn the engine over tomorrow.

No pictures today. I need to do better at that.

This day cost: help Pawpaw paint the old porch swing

Total project cost: $2,048.31