18 November 2013

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

The pile of bolts that was on a black trash bag on the carpet of my living room floor is now mostly in this drawer organizer thing.  There are a few that didn't fit because I ran out of dividers but I got through 90% of the bolts that I had bagged, boxed and poured into various places over the course of tearing three cars apart.  Once I get the list finished, I can start working on sourcing them.  I'm hoping to find clear zinc plated bolts vs. yellow zinc but I will likely wind up with yellow zinc since that's what most places are doing because it's a better coating.
I scored these hubcaps off German eBay.  The seller had them on TheSamba classifieds but wanted what I considered to be stupid money for them (over $200).  I offered him half and he declined.

Two weeks later, they show up on eBay and I bid on them...and won for $100.  One is semi-crusty but they don't appear to have a lot of dents so they should re-chrome nicely.  I'll have to dig out the others that I have and chrome the best set...if I have two good sets, I'll chrome them both.


Short of the brakes for the front beam, I'm done buying parts this year...unless, of course, something awesome pops up.

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