I haven't worked on Diane too much during the past month, execpt for the occasional 10-15 minute interval here or there, where I continue to work on removing the trim. We've just had some many other things pop up...such as building a new deck in the back yard, a couple of painting projects, and helping our neighbor out with his truck, or the fact that it's been in the upper 90's to low 100's for the past 2 weeks, etc., etc.. But without fail I want to have the rest of the trim off by the end of the weekend. I really only have a few pieces left...the emblems, the grill, windshield trim, and the passenger door handle assembly. I think it should be managable, as long as it's not too hot.

Still haven't gotten the grill or the front window trim all the way off yet...hopefully it'll come though. I have been able to get most of the major dents out of the front fenders with the tools I had to buy! It sure is nice to be able to see some progress. I'm going to continue working on the trim this weekend to see if I can make any more progress.

So it's been awhile since I last posted... Diane is still about the same. I've been working on the timing still to see if she'll start, but of course I haven't had any luck yet. Since the engine is not cooperating with me I've been working on the trim, which for the most part has come off pretty easily except around the front window, and one of the bolts on the front grill. Another piece that's been giving me trouble is the passenger door handle and lock... my books make it look simple but after sitting for 59 years things are definitely a little bit more difficult.

I've come to the conclusion that I may just need to forget about getting her to start until I get everything else done. Which means I could go ahead and pull the engine and start on some of the body work. Since I don't have my fuel lines hooked up I decided to drain the gas tank again, only this time when I opened up the line nothing came out, so I had to dismantle it from the bottom of the tank in order to get it to flow.