Hi Jimmy,
GEEZ! Could the week start out weirder? I decided to leave the interior of Apollo in peices so I could get the CD Player installed and the speakers re-wired. Now I COULD do this myself, but for 100 bucks I take it to a shop that has all the tools, the parts and supplies and its done in 30 minutes. Good deal!
THEN, the truck had an over-heating fit on the way home. I'm seeing Murphy over in the corner by now. I got a radiator and installed it, and it all runs cool as ice now (and the A/C is a LOT colder too...). While I was under the hood I pulled th cap and rotor..and low and behold its one of those crappy Ford ones with the aluminum posts in it. It was corroded all to hell, so in went the nice brass contact one I had picked up a few weeks ago. The truck purrs now, and doesn't feel nearly as bad in traffic.
One would think all was working out by now...BUT...during class I started on the right rear quater panel, taking out the dimpes and minor ripples. I noticed a bubbled part of the paint...and found bondo under it. The more I sanded, the more I found...until I had the paint off the entire rear portion! The bondo was over .5 inch thick in most places! What a butcher job! Seems I found proof today the entire truck has been painted before...and also had very bad bodywork done on it. I WILL set things right....
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