The Snowball Saga - '68 Standard Revitalization Project by Blitz

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Well, time for an update. As for the steering wheel pad, I ended up ruining mine by cutting out some of the foam to try to compensate for the shrunken vinyl. In the end, I just grabbed another good used pad (thanks Don) and painted it. It looks good! Will show that eventually when I get to the steering wheel resto.

Other news - I put some insulation on my roof (this stuff) and am hoping to get the headliner in soon.

In fact, I did try putting it in myself, to an extent....

...but then I realized how tough it would be to get all the wrinkles out and get the awkward corners to fit right, so I gave up and took it back out. We have an upholstery guy coming to the shop sometime in the next couple weeks to do a convertible top (which we'll be making a video about) so I'll hopefully get him to do my headliner and vinyl top while he's here (those could also could make good videos!).

The big news is, the engine is out of the car. I had been contemplating trying to detail / paint it and the compartment without removing the engine but... I want to do this the right way. And it's so much easier to work on brakes, steering, suspension etc without it in there.

Some "before" shots:

The beginnings of the hoisting action:

(note: should have flipped the leveler around the other way so the crank wouldn't run into the hoist arm)

And it's out!

Big thanks to Scott B (CougarCJ) for helping me pull the engine last night. Couldn't have done it by myself! Well, maybe, but I probably would have messed something up and/or killed myself.  

Stay tuned for more updates, whenever something happens! I might not be too motivated the rest of this week since it's going to be 100+ degrees.