Was I ever thankful and surprised when the phone rang this afternoon and it was the chrome guy advising my hood ornament base was ready – and a week earlier than promised! Down and back in a flash, a nice coat of wax, and here’s what the finished product looks like:
Again, this is what I started with for a base. It was originally designed to sit on top of a 46 Ford hood ornament:
And more good news – the label for the exhaust cutout switch will be here Friday. The new A/C compressor will arrive Monday, and the full A/C kit will show up on Tuesday. So if luck holds out, I’ll at least have the evaporator mounted in the cab, and the compressor installed on the engine by the time we head out to Goodguys Spokane next week!