Apparently the adventure continues. I spoke to the owner of the body shop
this morning. He told me that. " there were a bunch of wires & other stuff
that we disconnected but didn't connect again because we didn't know
where they go."

On the other hand I just got a working left hand wiper regulator in from a
fellow North Carolinian today, so that's a step in the right direction.

Just a little update... I had bought new power window motors for both
doors. The passenger side one was installed without any problems, but
the driver's side one & the new window regulator had me It seems
that when you have to replace both pieces that when reassembled a 1/8"
gap exists between the teeth of the gear on the motor & the teeth on the
gear of the regulator. We tried switching out the new gear on the
motor with the old gear from the old motor. That dropped the gap to
about 1/16". You could get the window halfway down only to have it close
right up. The solution to this problem was welding the holes closed
on the regulator & moving the assembly forward till the two gears were in
close contact. Then the positions of the new holes were marked, drilled &
the regulator was bolted to the door.

The wiper regulator was installed without a problem. I know some of y'all
are thinking that was too easy. I know I was.

You may remember that the headlights were sleepy before the car went in
the body shop. After she came out they were up & running but wouldn't
go down. We got the vacuum issues sorted out so that the lights would
close & open using the switch under the dash, but only when the car was
idling between 1800-2000rpms. But I wanted to use the switch on the
dash, being a purist & all. Much to my surprise not only did the
switch on the dash have to be replaced, but so did both actuators.

The turn signals & the horn all work so that was another bit of good luck.
However we're now getting down & dirty under the dash & sorting out
which wires go to what gauges.

Adam was kind enough to send us our shirts from the gathering. We will
be there next year come hell or high water.

Apparently the car is finished!

Well maybe finished was the wrong word to use. My wife wanted an audio
system installed, so right now that's being worked on.

I just posted 5 new pics of Sassi's audio system that was added last fall. After a bout of trouble with the odometer & speedometer cables Sassi is back on the road.

Norsky2007-03-10 21:00:00

I just love the color.. It's just great when the project is done and you get to show it off..Terry

But...but...It's GREEN!?!?!

Looks Great!!!! It's so nice to "finish" a major project, ain't it? I do like the bubble tail lights. Congrats!!

[QUOTE=Adams' Apple] But...but...It's GREEN!?!?! [ [/QUOTE]

Well the wife wanted the cars to match... I draw the line at wearing matching clothes though...

Well... I got some very bad news last night. My wife was driving Sassi north of Charlotte. She said there was a loud bang from the left sidepipe. The car came to a halt. Fortunately she got it off the road. We had it towed back to the house. This morning it was towed to the dealership. The engine grenaded itself.
There was no oil on the dipstick. The mechanic said that the end cap had come off & that the bearing rod had spun & wrapped itself around the camshaft.

They wanted to put a 383 into the car, but the cheapest that they could give it to me was $5398.80 + tax! GM Performance parts brought the price down to a little over $4k. I ordered an engine from Year One down in Georgia for a little over $3k delivered. The only problem is that they don't carry that engine in stock & it'll take 3-5 weeks for it to get here.

I'm wondering if I should bite the bullet & go with the GM motor even though its more expensive... Any thoughts?

Man that really sucks.