HAMMERING DOWN on it - the time is now to strip and clean the interior if this poor thing is ever going to be sweet inside. So YES I am doing it. For a change, I have accepted a deadline for a job: This has to be done and complete by July first

Besides, the electrical wiring butchery had to be made right.

 

Most recent. A nasty smell was in the carpet, and I wasn't sure if it was the seats too. The HVAC ducting is getting some serious attention also.

 

I figured out what was up with the steering column - wait 'til you see this business...
*I also got into the wiring mess

 

I replaced the original (by the last owner) voltmeter today.

 

Since I used the cig lighter spot to mount a gauge - this is what I did about a power plug-in point:



*SEE ALSO: Post #31

 

New brakes are going in today and tomorrow. It was mighty obvious the last guy to mess with these had no idea that a brake caliper is supposed to be able to slide in and out...

 

NOTHING happens without parts - and the cheaper you can get 'em the better, YEAH?

 

"FUZZY LOGIC Inc" solves the mystery of the WONKY steering column once and for all...
It's a two piece "Collapsible" column with a missing spacer for the top half:



Apparently they originally came with a plastic bushing inside the upper column half, and they go to pieces over time. I read online somewhere that there was a metal replacement available for a while, but parts like that for these cars have just plain vanished over the years.

Fortunately - now I know how to make one!

 

For more on this see the thread "WOLFIE NATION", where I have decided to post on all of my projects instead of being a thread hog