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Found the hood latch. Installed the hood latch. Pulled the cable. Nothing. Barrel end came out of latch. Couldn't open hood. Did surgery. This was annoying.

Some adjustments done. It's neighborhood-able.

Digging the TR3 in the background

It'll make a good tattoo for someone I'm sure

Truck wouldn't charge. Made the fuse block touchy parts shiny. Truck charges. Wipers work. Blower motor works. Tonight was a good night. Also, get a wire wheel for your Dremel if your cleaning contacts. It's a game changer.

Engine bay all back together. Gotta leak off the front somewhere during running and a no charge condition to solve. Gotta love old trucks!

Today was a good day. Everything is wildly out of adjustment but.... ↓↓↓ IT FINALLY MOVES

Fixed little things. Stopped a brake leak and a smokey wire mess. +12v switch to ballast resistor. Someone single flared this to the leaky junction on the front axle.

Just in time for spring/summer. Let there be heat! 😂😂😂

It's OEM Toyota (Toyota box, sticker, part #) from a 3fe. Fits perfectly in a 1f/2f. That clear knob is an octane adjustment knob. Its basically a mechanical advance/retard to compensate for different octane fuels - also good for elevation adjustments. I live in Central FL so it most likely...

Painted the valve cover (old pic for comparo), installed the dizzy, cheap Amazon roof racks seem decent, tinkered with some other stuff.

Annual round of CLR and Penetrol. Last 2 days were about perfect for it so I took my opportunity.

Patina Preservation Day '23 for me and The Pig

Stabbed this thing into the 55.

Ran a cheap tap through old Toyota cast iron and didnt break anything. Is there a merit badge for that? Also, manifold for now, headers later (Yikes!!!)

Got brave and split the manifolds. Lucky with no broken bolts either! Any guesses what the thought behind these are?

Easy $40k on BaT for that "original paint with war-torn history"

Looks tasty.

Sounds like a helluva adventure. Godspeed. If you end up roaming around Central FL reach out.

@corcel that paint looks fine for a polish.