It’s been a while since I’ve done any work on my car, mostly due to school and the poor weather. I was in the mood yesterday, though, and I managed to finally get my headlamps aligned. The driver’s headlamp was way off, making it hard to drive at night. It turns out that headlamp bucket is actually missing a few pieces, so I jury-rigged it using a zip tie, some scrap metal, a couple screws, and a plastic sheet metal nut (or whatever those things are called). It’s still a little loose, but cooperative enough to align correctly and stay in place. At some point I’m going to replace the whole headlamp bucket, since it’s cracked, and apparently missing some parts, but until then, it’s in working order.
The other big news: today my dad got his 1970 Camaro running again! It’s been sitting in a tent for the past few years, and sitting around undriven for years before that, simply because my dad hasn’t had the time to work on it. Today, after replacing the fuel pump and jump starting it three times, my dad was able to pull it up to the driveway and give it a wash. Then we took it for a drive, and he let me drive it back home. It’s lower than the Mustang, and it has power steering, which is nice. It handles pretty well too. It needs a new battery, though, which was evident since it died right before he could pull it into the garage, even after letting it run for a while and taking it for a drive. But it lives! So now there are two forty-year-old cars sitting in our garage.
