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On the last day of April,
the very day we took the last pictures on the previous page, we came very close to losing Dad. He fell in his driveway late
at night, hit his head on the pavement, and nearly died. He spent the next days, weeks, and months recovering
as much strength as he could, and thankfully he has recovered well beyond where the Doctors gave him any chance to.
The car's importance fell off the radar, but I looked forward to the day when we could get out there again.
Between his health issues and the oppressive Texas heat, basically nothing was accomplished on the Impala for months.
It wasn't until mid September that we started bolting more items onto the engine block, and going through box after box
inside the house, separating the things that we would need in the future from the items that were duplicates of parts that
we had already put on the car.
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We slowly assembled everything that has to go on the engine, including
having issues with the fuel pump, and having to rebuild and clean the carburetor. Please click the link below to see what happened after we rebuilt the carb and tried starting it
for the first time. What a great day this was!
We spent the first part of December
installing the front shocks, getting the suspension ready for the road, and we captured the first footage of it driving on
the road for the first time in a decade. Two great moments in the last month.
Early next year as the weather allows
we're going to work on putting the window cranks in the doors and get the doors installed on the car, and after that we'll
put the front fenders on. I'll post pictures and video at each big moment so come back soon and check out the progress.
Thanks for looking!
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