Plumdog Millionaire

One year ago today started a series of changes for the better. I switched jobs to become an Aircraft Mechanic Instructor, had a child, traveled a ton but mainly to my favorite country, Japan.
 

I have made some time to work on Chief. I focused mainly on the 97+ conversion (say what you will but it is a heck of a lot easier to maintain and makes for an easy daily to/from work)

January: Removed the interior for in response to a water leak. The water leak was found and fixed (passengers side door seal pinched and ended up tearing). Carpet removed only to find my floor pan rust was 1000x worse than the years prior so that started the floor pans. Also removed the powertrain from the Comanche. It was old and tired. Started to show signs of a blown head gasket, and had over 250K miles on her. Started and completed the engine rebuild. New, updated windshield Courtesy of Safelite. 

February-April: I focused on my career and family. COVID was kicking off and quarantine gave me some time with my wife and daughter, and the three dogs. I did periodically jump in the garage after the family went to bed to finish the floors and take measurements for the conversion

May-Present day: I started the swap. Headed back and forth to the storage unit to inventory all of my parts. Bought a 1998 XJ to use as a template for where things needed to route with the intention to part out but discovered I’m now the second owner and has the original window sticker. Really neat!