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Just for poops and giggles, I'd like to keep you all up on the progress I've made with the Blue Funk:

Upon the Blue Funk's return and an initial jolt of adrenalin, I removed the damaged door and running board. The carb, with its broken base, accelerator rod and throttle cable were also removed.

Then, I started to see the Blue Funk as an elephant I was trying to eat. The whole thing seemed overwhelming and I found excuses not to work on it. After about three weeks, my little voice told me that, yes this is an elephant you really want to eat, so do it- a bite at a time. So, as part of my daily chores after gettting home from work, I'd listen to a Hank Williams CD and take at least one bite of the elephant.

I have removed the glovebox, radio grill, and electric windshield wiper with its attachments, along with all the guages, oil line, temp line, and wiring. I was able to keep the light, inignition, heater control, and stoplight switches all attached to the wiring assembly. I've removed the seat, parking brake, clutch, and brake pedals, and the defroster control, hoses and vents. The heater is out, along with things like the the gearshift lever, mirrors, sunvisor, etc.

Today I got the damaged left front fender off along with the wheel well. I was able to remove the fender, separating it from the grill and radiator bracket. Most of the bolts had to be chiseled or sawed off due to age and fender damage.

The oil line connector, which runs from the block to the canister is broken with a portion of the connector in the block. Did I mention that the frame is definately bent? It's buckled just a bit at the point of impact, which was around the the area of the door hinges. I've been communicating some with Hotrod Lincoln about the ins and outs of frame straightening.

I still need to detach the fender from the other side and remove the steering wheel and gas tank before I can get into the meat of the matter and remove the cab. I've been doing a little researching of past posts for steering wheel, gas tank, and cab removal.

Well, I think that's just about it. Now that I'm into working on the Blue Funk again, it's no longer percieved as a chore. I now have to get my chores done in order to spend some quality time working on it.

Any advice or other input you Guys can give me will be appreciated.

Thanks.