Progress!

"Today was a banner day for working on The Cat. I decided today was the day to install some of the parts I've been working on. So first I ripped to old fender and bumper off. (It takes a certain sort of mindset to look at a car that looks like this and honest think 'Oh good, I'm making progress) then I fixed some faulty wiring I discovered while taking the lights off, and scraped and painted the rust I discovered where the bumper bolts on. Then I installed the new fender & bumper, taking forever to get them lined up to my satisfaction. Added the lower trim to the fender, hooked up the turn lights on the bumper, and reinstalled the headlights (including putting on the replacement turn signal). The Cat's front end was much improved. At the car wash I removed the old tattered vinyl 'cat's eyes' from the headlights, and gave The Cat a through washing. Arriving home I waxed the portions of her that I've already redone the quotes on, and recopied the quotes from the old fender onto the new one. Because I wasn't putting some stuff from the old fender onto the new one, I fit all the quotes from the old fender on just the upper half of the new one!

Tomorrow's plan is to redo the 'cats eyes' headlight covers, add chrome fangs to the front bumper, and get the hood sanded down so I can put the second coat on her (did a new first coat yesterday).

Altogether thought The Cat looks much improved now, from the way she used to look. No more cracked & patched bumper w/missing turn light. No more bent, bondo'ed, rusted, and chipped fender. And no more missing turn signal lense (though I don't know how long this one will last, I've replaced that lense at least five times at this point)."