A good half day's work

Started out checking into the brake issue.  I could see nothing wrong or interfering with the brake pads.  But I did notice that the new pads hit on parts of the rotor that the old pads did not.  We did not turn the rotors, so this leaves these rusty areas for the pads to hit.  I tried to capture it in this picture:

I cleaned up the rusty portions on the outside of the rotors on both sides with sandpaper.  Can't get to inside due to dust guard.  Took the car out and drove it.  First few applications of the brakes were just fine.  But later they starting squeaking again, not quite as bad as yesterday.  So I suspect just driving the car and wearing down these rusty portions of the rotor will resolve this issue.

Installed some other parts.  New shifter rubber and leather boot:

The leather works out kinds funky with the short shifter.  I installed the snaps to hold the footwell carpeting in place too.

I cleaned up the chrome rings on the gauges on the dash, looks good:

I also took apart the plastic shroud over the column to see why the turn signals don't cancel.  It appears they should cancel, but that portion of the switch assembly no longer functions.  A new switch costs about $30, so it's not worth trying to repair the old one.  So either Greg lives with the non cancelling turn signals or spends another $30!  This decision can be delayed.

Installed new spark plugs and drove car.  It still has a large hesitation when accelerating.  Need to put some more thought into how to resolve this one.

Driving the Car!

Ray and Greg were able to install the passenger seat and carpet while Vince was traveling earlier this month:

Today Vince installed the new Grose float valves plus he created copper tubes as float chamber overflow pipes.  We had an issue with the old float valves leaking, which then dripped on the exhaust manifold, not good.  No leaks with these new style float valves, but even if they do leak it will now dribble out the bottom of the car safely!

Vince then, with some trepidation, took off to drive the car from Boonville to his home in Evansville!  First significant drive of the car in we believe about 40 years, went 12 miles on a very hot day.  I made it, although the car did hesitate a little at part throttle.  It was then I remembered we had not replenished the oil in the carb dampers.  Oops!  After getting home I filled them up and it got MUCH better, still not perfect yet though.  Probably need some new spark plugs too.

There's a very loud squeal coming from the front brakes when applied hard, sounds like metal on metal, hopefully this is something obvious and easy to fix.

Despite the heat the car ran about 185 and had great oil pressure.  Tranny and clutch all worked fine, wheel balance is pretty darn good, got it up to 65 with no vibration.  Quite a few little items to still work on, but this is a major step!

Here's the car in it's new temporary home: