No, I did not seal up anything, I realize I should have but hindsight is 20/20. Probably going to replace most of the parts now, since I probably screwed up the seals and may have got sand in the tubes. My first restoration is going to be a hard learning experience. The plans for the car is a full restoration, not exactly a factory restoration but a full restoration in the liberal sense of the word. The car is nothing but a shell now. The factory color is Q, which is a dark red metallic. I'm going with a bright red and keep the black interior. My wife's dad died when she was 12 in a farm accident and he had a 67 Satellite that was bright red. I could not find a 67 Satellite, but the 66 Coronet is close so I'm kind of building it for her in memory of her dad. It has a 318 Poly in it and I'm looking in to rebuilding it. I will post some more photos of the shell pretty soon. As to not wasting any time, I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in Feb of 2013, had my prostate removed by a "robot" in April, started Hormone Therapy in June of 2013 and 7 weeks of radiation in August and September of 2013. Working on my 83 El Camino kept my mind off of the cancer. Doctor said I'm doing real good and my results have been great. My El Camino is almost done so now my time is being spent on the Coronet. My 22 year old son has never cared much for cars, but he has spent every hour he could helping me with both cars. I would not take anything in the world for the time he and I have spent working on either one of them. If I have to I will buy another car after the Coronet is finished just so we will have something to do together. That is him in the first photo. God is great!!!!
