Sammons...sounds like you had your share of problems... Glad your doing better...

Thats great Essex!  All the hard long work has really paid off. You have a great looking Rod and i believe it will end up being very reliable. Congrats!👍

I'm happy everything worked great for the first 300 miles! Now you get to drive it and have fun this summer!
Tom

Thank you sixball. It has been quite the process. At times I've been
pretty certain that I never get it done. The last year or so has been a bit
of a chore, but at times results were showing and it felt better for a while again.
On the other hand giving up was never an alternative.

Rattiac, I've really pushed on the last few months. There's a big car meet
in Umea, Sweden June 28th, that's been my goal since a few years. Last year we
had to go with my daily '85 Caprice wagon.
Get your ass out in the garage, tell yourself you're going to do something for
maybe five minutes, and you'll end up getting a little thing doen. Then repeat
every day.
My tip of the day. LOL.

Anyway, tonight I did a 300 mile check up. I lifted the Buick up on jack stands and
checked the prop shaft, both botls and play. All nuts and bolts that hold the four
link and front suspension, welds for cracks etc.
Only issue I found was the clutch bleed leaked a tiny bit, so I tightened it.

I have a bit of a vibration under accelleration, I think it may be the plastic bushings in
 the four link. I think I might make new ones with thicker rubber or pulyurethane
bushings for next summer.
All in all not too bad for a newly built car.

I've added sound deadening in the roof, carpet on the floor with rubber mats, and
self adhesive also that heavy bitumen sheet under the carpet in the back. That has
turned it almost civilized.

The notice for my antique plates came weeks ago and just today im getting to it.
Online a whole $10. 😁
Jeep is done and ready to sell. Feel like a small restore I did in that. Ball joints, tie rod, roof rack swap, rock sliders powder coated, seat panel, headliner, oil change and a detail done twice from dust hiding up above.
Next on the list is the trailer axle bent, swapping in a new unit.  Have a tree to cut down before I get a landscaper to rebuild the front yard. Leaking sprinkler system and horrible flower beds in the front. Hire a pro so I can get to the 32.
Fixing neglected things around the house. Life somewhat getting back to normal-ish. Whatever that is these days.
Trailer should be done in time for test n' tune at Bonneville. He's done some things to the streamliner and hopefully we can get to 200mph . Salt was thin and rough last year. Getting to 500 may not be doable at Bonneville anymore. There's hope but the salt will tell us if there's any chance of that.
Bolivia is the newest smoothest, longest salt left but the locals shaft the millionaires that bring car's there for every nickel they can get.
Drone pic of my last campout.