Something in the way she moves...

...well I can't remember the rest of the words to the song but it really was special to see it move under power.  I drove it around the block and other than a antifreeze leak and a balky reverse gear it ran very well.  Did not take it far as the tires are ancient and potentially dangerous.  I spent some of this morning trying to get a quote on new tires, tubes and rim strips, then off to Chip Knight's to get some felt to put under the carpet and a piece of foam to insulate the transmission as per OEM.

Cutting the foam to fit

How to make a big piece of foam into a lot of little pieces

The foam in place and awaiting the cover

Cutting the felt to fit under the seats

Straightening the floor where it had been damaged by a poorly placed jack sometime in the past

Installing the center console, also replaced the rubber around the brake lever, old one was shot

Added antifreeze through the opening by the temperature sender, unfortunately the bolts were seized and one of them broke off-DRATS.  tried to drill it out but then the bit broke-DOUBLE DRATS!  Made a new cap, drilled a new hole and taped it for a new bolt, thus far it's not leaking.  

One thing that was good that came from this was that I decided to check the thermostat and there wasn't one,  this is a big deal since the thermostat prevents water from taking a short cut back to the radiator through the bypass. Car would have been much more prone to overheating.

New thermostat-brass thing in the cener of the picture

Going through the electrics revealed that the back up light wasn't working,  turned out that the seat for the bulb was corroded to the point that there was not electrical continuity

Cheers,

9.5 hrs