Okay so i think i solved the water mystery but apparently that was the least of my worries. the engine dude said the block needs new pistons even though I told him to check everything and only greenlight what was good. instead of arguing with him about what i said a year ago I called a local shop i've dealt with before to discover an unmolested teksid short block.
So he's digging that out of a container so I can hopefully get this motor back together and in the car.
Meanwhile, I'm doing body work.
BTW, since the forum I was spending most of my time on is apparently run by complete dickbag hypocrites I'll be updating this thread more frequently in the future but the most up to date stuff can be found on my website
www.thedouglasjones.com
first up, the exhaust fan. i decided to paint the car in the shop so this little 3300cfm fan will suck out the bad stuff. next it gets a faceplate to house a filter.
see that pencil line? how it doesn't follow the edge? that's the outline of the taillight.
notice those one is different.
sliced the metal and used a ratchet strap to suck the corner in to match the other side. tacked it... then its gotta get filled.
ready for bondo.