Seems my gasket kit did not come with a thermostat housing to block gasket, so I had to make one up from some cork gasket stock. I also took the time to size up the studs that hold that housing onto the block and pre-fit everything together.
Well, the guilt had finally gotten to me, and our Rapier had been parked at my parents house long enough. So, as a father’s day gesture, I offered to help my dad clean up his yard, and remove our little eye sore from his driveway. The kids and I unpacked the little rapier from it’s blue tarp wrapping and collected all the loose bits for transport.
I borrowed a trailer from work, and during our lunch break, a co-worker and I made a mad dash to my folks house to retrieve the car. The move was fairly uneventful aside from almost loosing the front grill. thanks to Louis and his cat like reflexes, we were able to save the grill before rolling over it with the trailer. That would have been a real drag…. With the car now home, we were off to El Calor for some tortas and horchata. YUM!
