December 22nd Update
One thing that will probably never stop is the continuous searching and sourcing of original correct parts. Quite a few key pieces that were missing have been sourced, with the most critical being the body which was ordered through David Kirkham and is currently en-route across the Atlantic.
A few other parts so far include a spare Motorola 324-TC which will be used along with a Cobra radio purchased from Dave Wagner to ensure we have a working original accessory. While the radio is basically useless, it does offer and interesting talking point and was originally optioned to the car.
We were lucky to locate a spare C3OF-12127-D distributor with matching date code 3MB to our original which had been found by someone who purchased a storage unit at auction. This particular distributor looks to have seen very little use and still had its original FoMoCo cap installed.
While the bigger work of frame and body repair is being completed, we’re working concurrently to start the restoration of some of the smaller accessories to have them ready during reassembly. One of the first items is the gauges. 2410 was missing its speedometer and had an incorrect
oil pressure gauge installed, but all other gauges remained. A NOS Stewart Warner D-353-Z
oil pressure sender and a spare Stewart Warner D-362-N temp sender were sourced to complete the full package. As you can see in the picture a comparison of the original 362-Y versus the replacement 362-N temp sender. The steel nut 362-Y are near impossible to find and while we have both originals from
oil and coolant temp for 2410, the oil temp sender has been damaged and while we navigate its repair we wanted to ensure we have a backup plan. The 362-N sender with slight modification can be made to appear and operate the same as original.
