I got the driveshaft installed. I was going to paint a barber pole white stripe on it, but after a half hour trying to get tape put on in a decent spiral, my fingers were cold and my patience worn thin, so I gave up and installed it just plain black.
I got the radiator support mounted the the front of the frame, but left the bolts a little loose so I can move it around a little if needed. It sure makes it look more like a car with that on it. It looks like the fan shroud will clear the new fan just fine. Once the fenders are on and the support bolted down, I'll set the new radiator in place and hook up the hoses.
I've been rough fitting the inner fenders on the front end, the right one will be okay, I think, but the left one was hitting the brake lines coming off the Line Lock valve. I studied that a while and ended up moving the lines to the front brakes on the valve. There is a port on the back of the valve, so I moved the line from the center port to that one, and the line from the outside port to the center one. It would still be pretty close, so I pulled the bracket that holds the Line Lock valve on the master cylinder and made a bend, twice, don't ask, to lean it inwards and make a little more room. It should clear just fine now. Bending the plate, twice, messed up the paint on it, so I blasted it off and gave it a new coat of satin black. It should be dry tomorrow, even though it's only 40-45° in the shop. The low temps don't seem to be a problem for the paint to dry, by tomorrow it'll be hard as nails.
I've also been trying to decide how to attach the rubber mud guards that attach to inner fenders. From the factory they are stapled on through the metal, so I decided to try to duplicate that with some .063" stainless steel wire cut and made into staples. I made a drill guide with a couple of 1/16" holes drilled a half inch apart, to use to as a guide for the holes in the inner fenders. Took a little while to get the spacing worked out, but 3 1/2" worked, giving me eight positions for the staples, and I got both inner fenders drilled. Once I get the SS wire from McMaster-Carr, I'll work on those.
I thought I had it figured out how to assemble the steering wheel mount, so I tried that, but that didn't go well. The wire from the horn button goes into a plastic tube with a spring and the brush that makes contact with the slip ring for the horn circuit. I thought there was a little cap that held the wire and spring in the tube, but I didn't find one in the bag of parts, so I pushed the wire in, compressing the spring and when I tried to install the cover plate, it popped out. I found the wire in the back seat, but the spring is MIA. It's probably in the back of the shop lying next to the missing door hinge spring. I think a spring out of a pen will work as a replacement, but I'm going to make some sort of a cap to hold the wire and spring in the tube.
Looks like we have some snow and lots of wind coming in tomorrow, so I might not be working in the shop, we'll see.
