This glorious process continues! I'll be sad when it's all done. Fortunately, the finish line is still quite a ways away so there's still lots of fun to be had.
As I noted in my last post, I cleaned the last harness in the ultrasonic bath and it cleaned up beautifully. After a few repairs, it was ready to install under the dash.
As noted, this car was the first to receive my "Racers" fuse panel and I took the time to update it to current specs and reinstall.
The only things that gave me trouble were the underdash courtesy lights. Evidently they've seen one too may flexes and three out of four wires broke off during installation. The best solution was a replacement but 6-feet of wiring and two plastic sockets for "Only" $70 + shipping seemed a bit rich. I happened to have an NOS underdash courtesy light kit but it was different than OG because it fit all '66 Chevrolet models so it was much too big and had extra plugs at both ends. I ended up removing the kit's sockets and substituting them for the broken ones. Rather than an obvious "splice", I chose to use OEM Delco connectors so it would all look "like factory". How'd I do?
Another fun job under the dash was the installation of a '69 clutch cable. 69 is the only year with a heim joint rather than a pot-metal ball that always breaks. Installation of the wider '69 heim joint requires drilling out the welds in the cross-shaft, adding a .25" spacer, and welding it all back together. It's a great mod. Hopefully this is the only clutch cable this car will ever need.
In the engine compartment, I cleaned-up and installed the voltage regulator. Yes, it's aftermarket but it's the very regulator I bought and installed 50 years ago. It makes me smile.
Bumper installation went well until I tried to install it.
I sand blasted and painted the brackets:
But when I was chasing the threads in the body, the tap broke off! It resisted efforts to be removed so I had to purchase a tap-remover tool ($110) which had the broken tap out in minutes.
Once installed I gave it a final shine only to discover what looked like tape residue was actually missing chrome. The shiny silver area was just the nickel underplate. Looks nice otherwise. Boo hiss
Next up: Brakes
I cleaned, honed, and kitted the brake cylinders. The cylinders are perfect but unfortunately not original. They'll be fine I guess.
All hardware received the glass-bead treatment. New metallic shoes and one wheel is all done. Three more to go but they'll go quickly with all the parts already cleaned.
I'm hoping to install the powertrain this week so I brought the engine down from the loft. When the powertrain is installed it's really going to feel like a car!
A milestone day for the so-called Craigmobile; at least that's what Cody calls it. 
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