My comet update!

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My comet update!

Postby Jared » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:17 pm

Hello all! :)

Spent the weekend working on my 65 comet caliente.. :)

Finally got away for the weekend and headed north to work on my comet,
thankfully my grandfather had bought just about every tool before he
passed away last year, sure makes things easier!

Saturday was spent mainly working on the paint, which included a nice
and thorough washing, along with a nice coat of turtle wax, along with
a little paint here and there to seal some bare metal to prevent any
more rust from forming.

Took some time and flushed out the power stearing system, and now it
sounds like new! :) (used to make a lot of noise...)

Had a little trouble with the manual choke linkage getting stuck early
sunday, but managed to clean it up and get it working properly pretty
easily.

Then Sunday was spent doing projects around the house for both of my
grandmothers who live up in conneaut... :)

Overall on a scale of 1-10 on productivity I guess I would give this
weekend a 6.5 because there was a lot more I could do but didn't get
the chance to due to budgetary constraints.

Also a lot of time was spent looking at what needs to be redone, or
bought to return the car to original condition in the years to come,
some of the main items are to redo the interior and get a new paint
job along with rebuilding the engine, but that all can wait until I'm
done with school here in a few months.

Attached are some links to photos we took over the weekend:


Before the wash...
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/2976/jscomet10mb.jpg
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/9122/jscomet24wc.jpg


Look any better?
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/7149/jscomet32ec.jpg

You all asked for it last time so here it is, me and my car on lake
erie
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/4272/jscomet45vh.jpg

Car with the lake in the background
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/9526/jscomet55is.jpg

Hope you enjoyed this update! ;)

Jared

P.S. Richie we don't have to worry about lights anymore.. ;) Turns out the part I was removing was actually the bulb holder! The whole thing comes apart from the one end and they are replaced by the standard bulbs..... ::) Silly me...picked up the bulbs this morning and will install them this weekend if I get a chance to! :)
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Re: My comet update!

Postby Martini » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:40 pm

Nice car ya got there!  ;)
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Re: My comet update!

Postby Ben_M_K » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:01 pm

Hey I got that shirt!!! ;D
Looks like you're having a good time! :)
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Re: My comet update!

Postby Jared » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:20 pm

lol, thanks guys.. :) Yep, I was definately having a rather fu time..finally got to work on the car my grandfather and I were supposed to work on someday... :(

But the good news is it helps bring back TONS of good memories! :)
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Re: My comet update!

Postby RichieB16 » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:36 pm

Car looks great, all clean and shinny!

P.S. Richie we don't have to worry about lights anymore.. ;) Turns out the part I was removing was actually the bulb holder! The whole thing comes apart from the one end and they are replaced by the standard bulbs..... ::) Silly me...picked up the bulbs this morning and will install them this weekend if I get a chance to! :)

LOL, I know that feeling.  I have a different setup for my headlights-they are large round things that come as one part but are fairly common and can be easily found.
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Re: My comet update!

Postby Jared » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:53 pm

[quote]Car looks great, all clean and shinny!

LOL, I know that feeling.
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