At least today has been better weather-wise that it allowed me to be able to get a little more work done on the Scion with regard to getting the body stuff fixed up. I already had the door installed from the other day so it was all downhill from there with regard to getting the body wrapped up, well at least the most critical stuff. The fender needed to go on for me to be able to prop up the hood due to the hood rod being in place on the fender, plus the bumper and rocker panel need the fender to attach to in order to keep them secured.
At least this didn't take much effort to accomplish, it was just a matter of securing some bolts, lining things up then securing other bolts to ensure the fender was secured and lined up compared to the door so there would be no binding when the door is opened. I was even able to get the plastic bolt retainers secured and a few other clips secured to get the right corner of the front bumper snapped in place along with the rocker panel. Along with a couple other small panels that needed to be snapped in place, everything went on fast and lined up good too. With the body panels installed now we turned our attention to the interior, more accurately cleaning up the interior. The ole lady did a good part of this, vacuuming the floors and around and under the seats and anywhere the vacuum wands can reach. Any small amounts of trash that were present were removed. Panels and dash were wiped clean with car interior wipes. Even leaves and other trash were removed from the hatch/door jambs. The whole purpose at this point was to get the car ready to rock and roll the next day. The only thing that I was waiting for at this point was the hatch shocks that we were waiting for from Ebay and we needed to get a replacement tire installed on the rim that was currently off. We plan on using the car to do our food delivery run on Friday as the car is intended to be the Tracker's replacement for the foreseeable future, while I work on getting the Tracker right again. Of course this isn't the only car that will be getting attention as there are some other things that need to get done, one being some work on the Monte Carlo's heating to try and see if I can get that working once again plus I have to get the Grand Prix body loaded up so we can haul it to the junkyard and out of our way. Work is never done around here.
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