To-Do List.

Short-term plans (mostly involving time and a little money)

• Get it in the garage.
• Get it registered, tagged, and insured (probably with historic plates).
• Go through the mechanicals in under the hood and check everything out.
• Change all the fluids – coolant, oil, diff oil changed 9/09
• Change the plugs and wires — plugs and wires purchased 10/09
• Clean out the tub and wire-brush all the rusty sections.
• POR-15 everything that even looks like it might rust.
• Clean up the windshield glass, inspect the cowl and see if it’s in worse shape than the one I’ve already got
• Pad the rollbar with some pipe insulation and zipties
• Repair the hole in the soft top
• Pull out the bikini top and check the fit
• Go through the dash wiring and get the fuel sender and E-brake indicator working correctly
• Replace the dead headlight
• Get the windshield wipers and washer squirters working
• Clean and reinstall all the gasketry on the firewall
• Wire brush the spare windshield frame to see how bad the cancer is
• Clean up, re-grease, and replace the window scissor mechanisms, latches, and locks. Then reinstall the door panels.
• Buy a new set of Service Manuals

Long-term plans (mostly involving lots of time and money):

• Buy a new gas tank and sender, drop the old one and install the new one, fix the gas gauge on the dash
• Buy a Hi-Lift jack so I might actually be able to change a tire
• Sand the high points in the paintjob down, and get it ready for a new color
• Pull the dashboard, strip it, and repaint (or replace)
• Coat the interior with some sort of bedliner (Line-X, Rhinoliner, etc).
• Coat the underside with bedliner
• Spray it with some color other than purple
• Add some kind of heat reflective matting.
• Buy some new weatherstripping for the doors and tailgate
• Replace the inner door liners with originals (or repaint the purple ones)
• Yank out the nasty seats and replace them – Bucket bases purchased, original seats acquired
• Pull the dashpad and put in a replacement — black replacement installed 10/09
• Replace the stupid radio with a cheap removable-faceplate version, install some cheap speakers in the 4×6 cutouts
• Buy a Tuffy console for in between the seats and install it