I had to make sure the muffler bearing inside the alternator was greasedAnd how exactly did that contribute to making this a driver?
HAFRODs 78 Aeroback Salon build
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This is the last big project to do on the Salon besides wiring up my cd changer. I went through my upholstery remnants and found a section of panel board just big enough to do both upper door panels. I ground off the press punched teeth on the back of the metal trim and used 1/8x1/4 rivets. They almost fit flush in the press punched holes perfectly. I used some aerosol clear coat on the board to help keep off moisture. After pop riveting on the board, I barely took down the center dome of the rivet head with a roloc disk. The 442 emblems are for 76-77 442 fenders. They have the same font as mine. I put them in the same location as the Cutlass Salon emblem was. My base model door panels had no pull straps and I'm glad of it. I'll be upholstering them with foam and the same velour material as my seats.
So I finished assembling the 2nd upper door panel board to metal top plate. I sat them together and noticed both were drivers side 
As I'm pacing pissed off about building two left side boards. I don't have enough rivet washers to do the other side. Another trip to Lowes in order. I start up the Salon and the blower fan is not working. The ac compressor is running though. I get out my test light and start probing wires. Everything has power. I jumped the fan directly to the battery and nothing. I removed one from my Monte Carlo parts car that has a VDO sticker on it and it's working now. Glad it happened now instead of on the way to Springfield. I took off to get gas because it's almost empty. I got flogged at the gas station. It was cool. Got out on the highway and got up to 70mph. No vibration and very nice straight driving. I got down town to the first stop light and look beside me and a lady is taking a pic or video of my car. This makes all the trouble I had on this build totally worth it.
The upper door panel is plain Jane but I dig it. One more to go but it's already foamed at least
so many times, guys want to go to the extreme on the look of even the smallest stuff, that it goes overboard and ruins the look.... sometimes the "plain-jane" look, like this, is the perfect touch!
WEIRD, I started the Salon this morning to go to the parts store. The blower motor did not come on again??? So while I was at the parts store I bought a new one. I installed it and it's working. Something is knocking the motors out because I can wire them direct to battery and they won't come on. I am suspecting a weak ground so I cleaned up a braided ground strap from the Monte parts car and bolted it to an existing hole in the back side of the fender. I ran it to the ac dryer clamp bracket which is where the strap was on the Monte. I then made a jumper ground wire and screwed it together with the ground pin on the blower motor. Anyone got ideas on why it has popped two blower motors? I'll know in a couple days if this jumper ground fixes it.
So I got out the DA, 3000, and 4000 pads and got busy. I'm not sanding the gold because of the raised tape edge. This is the first time the cars been glazed and waxed. It's not been this shinney until now. I still have the passengers side to do. I'm going to do that tomorrow.
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