New Things.

The trip to the Pick 'N Pull proved fruitful. I got many things that I needed, and then some.
-Air Mass Meter (-016)
-Like new belly pan.
-'CLASSIC' badging and dash insert #238.
-Head rest inserts.
-Various dash light bulbs.
All of that only ran me about $50 bucks, although I did have to venture to a pretty shady neighborhood in Oakland to get it.


Also, it ran. 
It was beautiful. I put my Air Mass Meter in and was just turning it over and over, slowly killing my starter as I have been for the last 18 months. I was just as discouraged as I always got after spending a whole day working on my car. But, as I was packing up my tools, closing up shop, I gave it one last go.
And it sputtered slowly, and uncertainly, to life. It sounded absolutely terrible, and was sending a steady stream of thin black smoke out the exhaust. It sounded as if a cylinder wasn't firing, which was comical because it's a 4-cylinder. It had pretty violent shakes at idle, but smoothed out considerably at about 3000 RPM. I killed it, and packed up for the day.

I haven't been able to bring it back since. But, that's alright, because it's in better hands now. We called up my grandma and got her to call AAA to tow it to the local shop. Now, there it sits, being worked on by the well trained hands of Uncle Jack. Hopefully, he can bring life to it as I did once before. And, hopefully, the clutch will be repaired, too. I cannot race and drive well with so little clutch. :)