Getting Ready for Our National Show in May

[Laurie S.]

Just so you can remember what my cars look like, here they are. Trouble finally has the hood back in place after 10 years. Yay!

 

[Patrick Stapler]

FB is beautiful. Great color combo. Good luck.

 

[Laurie S.]

Thanks! Unfortunately, I can't get the fastback to the show. Jim Smart and I worked on it for three days last week and finally discovered that the person who did the wiring screwed up big time. In a couple months it will be completely redone, then I'll be able to safely fire it up.

 

[Patrick Stapler]

That sucks. Still a beautiful car.

 

[Midlife]

Not the wiring I cleaned up in the trunk????!!????
Gawd, what an awful mess that was...some 10 years ago???

 

[Laurie S.]

No the main wiring from the fuse box to the alternator. The dimwit used the alternator wire for the starter, then put a small gauge wire to the alternator. He had taped stuff together and put a powerbraid over it so we couldn't see it. It's amazing the car didn't catch on fire. Now, we start from scratch for the engine. A lot of the wiring can stay in place, but that trunk wiring still needs to be finished, too. When I changed to a serpentine system, that put the alternator and starter on the other side of the engine and nothing reaches.

 

[Laurie S.]

Here's what it looks like now:

 

[tarafied1]

hope you get it sorted, it sure is nice

 

[B67FSTB]

Its still a beautiful car !

 

[Laurie S.]

Thanks everyone!