Spent yestday just doing car stuff. It was a nice change of pace as the past few weeks have been more hectic than I traditionally like. Yesterday morning went to visit a local Jensen collector Art DeKneef. He just dragged the carcass of a Jensen GT back from Utah. Now, as rare as these are (they made ~510) there's not enough of the car left to make it a viable restoration candidate. So, it's in the process of being stripped for parts. It's always interesting to go look at Jensens because rather than having much in the way of annual models, they just tweaked and improved things as they went. So, you're never quite sure what will or will not be on a given car.
The afternoon, short of a burst air hose and a quick trip to Harbor Freight, was spent pulling and sandblasting the last of the brake parts on Annabelle, my '53 Studebaker Champion. A few hours in front of the media cabinet, a couple coats of paint, and things look like this now:
There's nothing prettier than freshly painted parts! So, once the paint dries it's time to pull the axle, replace the seal, replace the axle and the brakes will be completely rebuilt. Then I just need to finish bending/flaring the brake line and the Brakes will be ready for filling/bleeding.
Hopefully, once that's done she should be back on the road again!
Cheers!
Jody
