A little Game of Thrones reference to start this off today.  Yes the door.  I did hold.  I had to rig up a way to spray the outer shell as the inner was already completed earlier (see previous entry).  It always looks precarious the way the panels to be painted are arranged but that is because I am not a paint shop and do not have the proper tools to hang these parts.  I sprayed the door and let dry for a couple of days before installing a new door handle and gasket for this.  The gaskets are aftermarket and are a bit larger than needed.  I don’t know how they couldn’t get that right but whatever!  I polished the door lock since it is stainless and it now shines like new.  These little details MAKE the project.   You can have a beautifully painted part and assemble with a rusty bolt and it all looks unpolished.  It takes extra time to wire wheel and clear coat bolts but this is what counts the most.  I had purchased the weatherstripping for the upper roof area that the door windows press up against, but apart from a past paint job leaving overspray on parts of them, they were is good condition.  I cleaned them and sprayed with black vinyl paint to make look new again.  The weatherstripping I purchased was likely cut by the same people who made the door handle gasket so I would rather use the original in this instance rather than fight with poor fitting new weatherstripping.  I can always change this down the road if I want but simpler is better.  Less change is better.  I took down the pinch trim that lines the headliner and follows the roof down to the door jam and re pinched it closed and painted it with black vinyl paint as well.

The motor is slowly coming together.  The crank shaft and cam shaft including main caps have been installed and torqued to specifications.  The pistons have been installed in the block, the timing chain, sprockets, front cover, harmonic balancer and water pump are also installed.  After further inspection of the inner guts of the oil pump it was decided to replace the pump and pick up with new Melling components.  Next on the list is to plastigauge the rod bearings to make sure the clearance is appropriate.  This engine I had unseized since it had been sitting for forty years.  The heads were cleaned up and a few valves replaced.  The engine was honed clean and new rings and bearings installed.  The heads, intake, oil pump, and oil pan are next on the list of things to do.  As soon as this engine is complete it will be put back into the car.