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1-30-2025

WIRING PREP

This feels like one of those Project Binky updates! Been quiet here as a few months ago we took the car over to Racing Tech (https://www.racing-tech.net/) in Grand Rapids, Michigan to get a full wiring harness designed, built and installed. Obviously, this required a bit of prep.

First off, in case Racing Tech wanted to turn the engine over on the key we needed to make sure it actually still turned. You see, we bought this engine so long ago now that we didn't know if it still did that. So, first thing we did was take the plugs out and squirt some lube down the cylinder bores. Then we took the valve cover off and coated the camshaft in assembly lube. Once that was done, we finally turned it over with a big wrench on the crankshaft bolt. Thankfully it turned quite nicely.

Next on the list was to find every bit of electrical equipment that wasn't yet installed on the car and also the old wiring harness in case any of the connectors were needed. Dumping the wiring harness out of the tote box it has been stored in for ten years reminded us why we are not using it.

When we'd finished bolting everything on, we realized the car was now the most complete it had been for probably 20 years. So, we weighed it.

Not bad. It's only really missing glass and wires in this state. Then we showed it the door, the trailer and, finally, the inside of the trailer.

The drive to Grand Rapids took about two hours. We can't tell you how the car drives but it we can report that it tows really well! Here it is in its new, temporary home.