...To the Present Day, 8 weeks to Go

 So, with all that, the current state of the car is not bad. Brakes good, tires fair, as Charlie Ryan says. It runs and drives, burns some oil but not a lot (and in a most shocking turn of events, it doesn't appear to drip any at all on the garage floor). It has a lot of rusty sharp corners in the interior.

I actually have no idea how far this rally goes. On paper it's about  600 miles, but LeMons being LeMons, I expect a lot more. So I probably should change the oil, as well as:

1. Adjust the valves;
2. Fix a stripped rear lug bolt; 
3. Replace the rusted A-arms, tie rod ends, and get an alignment;
4. Seat belts might be important;
5. Fix the wonky right turn signal
6. and get tires. Here is a dilemma...should I swap the Biturbo wheels back on for 14" tires or stick with the 13" BWAs? edit: BWAs it is.
7. New front brake pads - edit: Had a look and they are in good shape. 
8. Fix and adjust clutch cable;
9. Fix broken passenger door handle, that would be inconvenient otherwise. It is now very convenient.
10. Replace cracked driver's headlight;
11. Do all fluids:
1. Engine oil is ok
2. Radiator probably ok but may flush it anyway
3. Steering box oil
4. Transmission oil
5. rear diff oil
6. Grease everything in sight
12. Repack front wheel bearings
13. New plug wires and dizzy cap;
14. Install driving lights - I have some spare Bosch driving lights off old Mercedes and I expect they will help a lot. edit: EVEN BETTER -STAY TUNED
15. Fix exhaust leak 
16. Clean the spilled oil out of the trunk (for weight savings, of course) 
17. Check the A-arm bolts
18. seat covers!!!!! 

That's all I can think of at the moment. Timewise, I've got maybe 4 good weekends before Dec 4, as the others are taken up. The A-arms are going to be hard as I have never found a good spring compressor for the small springs in this car, and I hope the local shop knows how to adjust camber with shims.  

 

edit: Now it has seatbelts!