[SolReaver]

Dangerleb: Yes the rubber components are all suspect. Most of the coolant hoses look Ok. The belts are trash. The fuel lines are all original as far as I can see and although they are holding well..Are indeed on the Short list to be replaced in the forthcoming engine refresh. What little gas that was in the car when we got it was drained around the corner at the gas station. The car was then topped off with premium and a half bottle of injector cleaner. The old gas went into the chase vehicle.

Today... I changed the oil and pulled the wheels to clean and inspect. All calipers, rotors, and pads look good. I replaced the locking lugs with standard lugs and cleaned the hec out of everything. The Tires are not surprisingly....junk. What isn't worn is dry rotted. They made it here, which, is admirable, but, I found a deal on 4 new treads for about 3 bills to the door. If the current skins can make it through the next few weeks until the new ones arrive I will have nothing bad to say about em. They did not blow out in the middle of the night halfway between Austin and Houston so, Who am I to complain?

The brake fluid looked good, but I will be replacing it anyway. The leather is on its second round of moisturizing and responding well. The whole car is actually responding well. I get the feeling that it wants to live. The suspension seems to feel better after being lifted up to do the wheel refreshing and brake inspection. I know that these vehicles settle back in after being lifted, but it seems different than that. My best guess is that the suspension settled really far down from sitting all those years and jacking her up give her a chance to "stretch her legs" so to speak. I will test drive her tomorrow and let you all know if the struts and suspension are feeing differently. One of my main concerns is that so far, the suspension feels more like a go cart than a Porsche. I am hoping that the struts fore and aft may come back on their own. In the eventuality that they do not I sprayed the strut hardware with penetrating fluid in case I need to take them out.

I started taking off the C coat on the hood and picked up the closest matching paint I could find to fill in the missing paint on the bumper. The sanding process is really slow as I have opted to start at 800 grit wet. It will take a while to get all the clear coat down with it, but I really don't want to cut into the paint. Underneath, I have located one of the many exhaust rattles and determined that I should probably remove and re hang the exhaust from the Cat back.

The coolant is wayy too thin. I will dump it and get some good stuff when I take apart the coolant system and pull the radiator to do the timing belt.
I still haven't figured out how to get the blasted trunk open with the broken latch and buggered lock.

So far it is pretty much as I expected. A project car with some good potential and I am having all the fun!