Time to remove the red oxide primer & "Dulling agent"...

Back to "Shiny"

Removed all of the advanced dulling agent  ; )

Coming right off...

Almost there...

Getting closer...

Gone.

And cleaned.

NCRS National Top Flight Award in Vegas!

Wayne, Vince & Jerry

Judges

Ops judging

Operations Judging complete - 100%

Ray's '66 next to Vince's

Some C1 scenery

Beautiful '57 Fuelie

Vegas bound...

Thumper left for Vegas!

All of our goodies...

This morning, we did some last minute wheel weight removal

We also did some final cleaning of the undercarriage

Improper wheel weight.  Removed.

Shhhh.  Dulling the vents/gills w/some dulling spray for minimum paint deducts

We're ready!

Vegas Baby!

Covered Thumper in preparation for red oxide primer and matte Trophy Blue

That's the stuff!

Front valance.  Hard to tell, but matte blue, and primer way on the inside.

Front valance

Rear valance preparation

Rear valance

We also did a second full Ops test today, and sent some videos to Vince

Covered the lower trim to prevent H2O leaks from the wiper washers during Ops

We also washed & waxed Thumper.  Cleaned & Ready!

Just a misc. shot showing some of the 'melting' from the old wire harness.

Misc. pre-Vegas items...

Old A/C vent ducting.

New & Improved vent ducting

New door sills!

We put some painters tape over them to protect them during transport.

Electrical & more...

Replaced the main Engine harness

Lots of diagnosis to find the issues...

Horn relay ground wiring - another culprit

Horn relay

Short under the dash - fixed!

New wiring harness from M&H

Some splices and shorts in the old wiring harness

Checking voltage coming out of the Alternator

Thumper's original alternator.  Rebuilt.

All was working, except the "Lights" light on dash.  Debugged & Fixed.

This is the Limiter switch for headlamps

"Lights" light works!

Original alternator re-installed.

Lesson learned.  The top and bottom screws s/b BLACK (like the picture above).

Someone told us they were to be painted exterior color (along w/the ones in the middle of the door).  Wrong.  We removed & replaced.  All set.