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I guess I really do need to keep up with this. First item, there was a spot on the driver's side floor where the Reliant floor pan that had been severely beaten up by the Newport News fire department...

I have to do something in retirement, keeps me going (I'll be 73 in May).

Despite the shop scabbing the front crossmember, when I went to attach the front mount it was pulling way forward. I took a straightedge long enough to span rail to rail and found it was still...

I never could find the support strap for the HVAC assembly, so I picked up some 3/4 X 1/8 strap at ACE hardware and made a new one. Got the expansion valve and the suction and liquid hose set...

Got the front wiring pretty much finished and the header panel installed. Set the radiator/intercooler in place to make sure my transaxle lines clear.

I removed the upper plenum in order to get...

Still working out the wiring rearrangement issues on the left side, some of which will wait until I start replacing the jute pad on the upper inside of the firewall. To do it right I will remove all...

I did some more work on the front area as far as finishing up the pusher fan mounts and making some brackets to replace the original header panel bracing that attached to the center of the radiator...

Once I can catch the gremlin that keeps hiding things from me I will be better off. I had to make a new J bolt for the ZF power steering pump tensioner as the original one seems to have grown legs. I...

As promised, the modifications to allow the later (1992 Sundance) condensor to mount to the K-car radiator support. First was to move both the lower supports down as the 1992 P body condensor sits on...

I finally got the brake lines secured, last parts of the heat shields installed and the fuel return hose to the tank installed. I started working on the fan and 1992 Shadow condensor installation.
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Some more progress on the reassembly, got the fuel lines and tank in and at least found a fit for the heat shield around the left end of the fuel tank.

I had also cleaned the front fascia with...

Back to the more mundane items on the car, I did add the needed circuits for the 41TE controls so they are there if I can adapt it. I used the extra set of male connectors from the 41TE harnesses I...

While the body is being repaired, I have been doing some things on the engine including rebuilding the 1989 Garret T2 turbo as it had some play and when opened up had a lot of baked on oil residue in...

Just got a post on FB from the owner of the shop working on my car. He said he was going to try to borrow or build a rotisserie. Here's what he sent. Some more pictures and some text messages back...

Went over to the shop and adjoining junkyard yesterday to pick up some of the parts form the Reliant parts car. Unfortunately the NN fire department had destroyed the front doors and hinges and in...

Car is currently in Newport News VA for the floor replacement. In the mean time I have been doing some other things. First was to have signsoflife22 socket a 1991 2.5L T1 SBEC for me in return for a...

Been prepping the car to go and have the floor replaced, basically stripping everything that might be in the way off it. Found a very rusty 10 mm socket in the bottom of the left front fender. I had...

Continued on with some of the wiring, then went up to Eastern Speed Shop and picked up a can of 15063 Burgundy SEM paint so I could redo the steering column to match the existing interior color.
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Did some more on setting up the Stratus PDC in the konvertible, one of the reasons I like it better than the Dynasty one, all the relays are standard Bosch or Omron, no special 4 terminal with...

Haven't done a lot for a bit, made a run to Pick-n-Pull in Virginia Beach Sunday (half price weekend) and scored a few things, some Ford stuff for my truck and a number of pieces for the konvertible....

I had the dash in and out several times to work on the dash harness. The last time was to add all the needed circuits for the BCM features. Two of the interesting ones were wipers and lights. The...

As I progressed changing the front harness from SMEC to SBEC, I discovered that (A) I had a bad SBEC and (B) the early Traveler will not work with an SBEC. The older Traveler uses a speed input from...

I had done a temporary install of the 1989 dash to work on the wiring and test various components (lights, power locks, power windows, wiper, etc.) and had a nice pair of the 2 button Travelers and a...

Meanwhile on the front of the car, I had been there earlier and gotten the front harness and decided since I was going to be using the 1989 dash, it would be easier to use the 89 front harness and...

Since I found that I had a broken rear sway bar tube and had a 1989 LeBaron coupe parts car, I decided I would go strip it for the suspension and 2.5L turbo powertrain (less camshaft). I went to my...