it was a shuffle day, so it ended with wiring on the Corvette... however, well... some old friends got moved
as with all great things... I had to 'just' change a fuel filter... what an ordeal, seems the last owner didn't bother putting one seal in place - which made the fuel filter pointless.... grand
https://i.imgur.com/LtqedI3h.jpg
so plan b was employed
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moved to get this back in the shop - it'll have its own thread, but it's Buinicorn - 6.0 LS powered Buick wagon
https://i.imgur.com/7wrXLE8h.jpg
I can't believe how rough this car is.... ugh
https://i.imgur.com/qeeF5iUh.jpg
installed in its new home
https://i.imgur.com/FZTlpzjh.jpg
the day finished with me getting this reinstalled
https://i.imgur.com/WbKiZ90h.jpg

how to haul 12' material....
https://i.imgur.com/7Us3kL6h.jpg
and ouch, prices
and the interior comes further apart
https://i.imgur.com/eqTBhMJh.jpg
to be installed
https://i.imgur.com/teuYsk1h.jpg
on the lock lever
https://i.imgur.com/zqaVoKOh.jpg
​​​​​​​tomorrow.

window alignment and locks.... but tonight... all alignment so you get a couple pictures
https://i.imgur.com/zDeuKPWh.jpg
it took a lot of fitting and elonging holes to get everything to line up
https://i.imgur.com/PrX2IINh.jpg
not joking, this is where I started, was worried at Optima they'd call me on this... thank god the FiTech computer scrambled... sheesh
https://i.imgur.com/KICNMAih.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KSUuwqKh.jpg
of course, what would a night in the shop be without needing parts - the regulator on the driver's side is new, the passenger side is not and it needs replaced.... ah well, I have plenty to do in the mean time.

Door locks. I've actually come out to people sitting in my car. They still live, but let's slow the idiots down
https://i.imgur.com/BeTS27Jh.jpg
weld a tab to the lock bar
https://i.imgur.com/fZDO0Pah.jpg
all fits under the panel
https://i.imgur.com/Wxk0JNAh.jpg
of course this door can't go together because I'm waiting on a regulator.

driver's side done more detail
pull wires
https://i.imgur.com/gXhPnHAh.jpg
actuator install
https://i.imgur.com/XBqppIHh.jpg
it was simply easier to weld a tab to the rod to connect it all up
https://i.imgur.com/y0wKhsIh.jpg
and just like that, connected
https://i.imgur.com/0ibITKgh.jpg
and reassembly of the dash
https://i.imgur.com/Es5Ro0Eh.jpg
once the right side regulator gets here, I'll assemble the right side.... between now and then, I have plenty to do... some of the aero should be here tomorrow....

I have little confidence that this will survive in any recognizable form but I want the inlets and most of the shape - but it's too narrow for my plans so fiberglass fab is coming soon
https://i.imgur.com/BJ1SLcXh.jpg
first part of my wing arrived
https://i.imgur.com/dUqIKYzh.jpg
and the regulator
https://i.imgur.com/UVxWPfqh.jpg

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In other news, Fedup strikes again.... the brackets were supposed to come with the wing - and they're not delivering the wing.... my guess is they destroyed it....

No, you do not have to remove the glass or the outside weather strip....
https://i.imgur.com/wXaDeSbh.jpg
the parts
https://i.imgur.com/vn7MXkph.jpg
getting close the bloodletting being done - but notice that the bottom hole isn't aligned - Chinesium strikes again. Nice touch that all the bolts are 10mm socket head
https://i.imgur.com/pqqYnKMh.jpg

door assembly
https://i.imgur.com/BqW8b4ch.jpg
of course, had to modify... smh
https://i.imgur.com/XOouiT8h.jpg
back together... woohoo
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and the driver's side window doesn't go up... oh good grief

in other news

dies arrived
https://i.imgur.com/IHTRbgj.jpg

and part 2....... still one more part

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