Well, its the last day of 2009, and overall I would say it was a good year for South Hill Customs. We finished the 1971 Chevelle for Sarah, and returned to the west coast for some fun this past November. Chris got the Alterered down the track (although still working on getting it to go straight), and Tommy raced the Malibu wagon all season.
Tom Leonard got his '72 Chevelle painted and back on the road, and also picked up a new set of projects.... The two 1930 Fords were picked up recently for a song, and added to the Leonard stable. They are in decent shape, considering the age and outdoor storage. Now all they have to do is get the Mustang, Merc and Stingray finished, and they can start on these beauties!
Sarah and I went with the ACE crew to ATCO today to test and tune the alcohol-burning, 383 powered altered. Although it was a bit cold and windy, we had a great time. The car has only a handful of passes, and as soon as we figure out why it wants to make a right turn out of the hole, we can see what it will run. So far it has been in the 8's, but today we could only manage low 9's.
The “Twilight Cruise” is run by the Cal-Rods Car Club on behalf of the NHRA Museum, and they do a super job! All 1970 and earlier rods, customs, classics, and muscle cars are invited to join in the Museum parking lot at Fairplex from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Twilight Cruise admission is free, and all in attendance may visit the Museum at no charge. So, we drove out to Pamona on Wednesday evening and looked at all the neat stuff in the museum. There was almost too much to look at, you could spend all day looking at the historic cars and photos. We wrapped up the official "hot rod" part of our vacation here, although we still had plenty of moments where we found ourselves checking out a hot rod or even a Ferrari or two.
As we made our way through the valley, we stopped in Burbank at the famous Hollywood Hotrods. There we met with another east coast car gal from Piscataway NJ who now works at the shop, and even some car fanatics from europe. The owner and designer/fabricator Troy Ladd was kind enough to come and talk to us for a while. Zach and I got a personal tour of the shop, and although everyone was preparing to leave for SEMA in Vegas, they had plenty of time for us. SEMA, SEMA...damn! If I had only remembered that it was SEMA week, we could have ran out to Vegas to do that for a day. I am such an idiot for not checking...aghhhhh! Check out some of the awesome cars there...(and yes, that rod has right hand drive!) I also found this video on YouTube featuring Hollywood Hotrods.
Well, we are finally back from the great state of California. The family vacation this year was sprinkled with hot rods and California car culture all throughout the week. We flew in to LAX on Friday morning, and on Saturday morning we decided to take full advantage of our east coast time clocks, get up early, and check out the Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach. They hold a cruise every Saturday at the Adams Ave Donut shop from 6-9 AM (yes, that's in the morning) and there were some very cool rides there. I was mostly interested in the traditional style hot rods and surf wagons, although there was a great display of muscle cars as well. What a great start to the vacation!
I was talking to Dave Leonard yesterday as our neighborhood power lines were on fire, and we were admiring his son Tommy's color sanding job on his Chevelle. I had a great tire size calculator, but I can't seem to put my fingers on it now. I did find this one here, http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html, that isn't too bad.
I haven't had a chance to install the front seat, definitely this weekend. Busy watching Barrett Jackson Las Vegas tonight! I also posted a new video on YouTube about the Chevelle...
I am almost done with the assembly of the interior. The sound deadener and carpet went in smoothly, and the door panels and headliner match up nicely. The back seat and seat belts are in, and although I am leaving the front and rear seats green for now, I intend to recover them with new black covers later.
Sarah wants to keep the grille silver, and now that the bumper is on, I think I agree. One more kick panel, the front seats and belts, and that's it! I'm amazed that I no longer have a giant pile of parts in the garage....which really feels good
I don't know how these kids do this....blogging, twittering, etc. I barely have enough time to work, eat and sleep.....and try to squeeze a few minutes in on the Chevelle. That's why I have not blogged in a while. I did go to the swap meet at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, and get most of the parts I needed to finish the car last week. I picked up sound deadener, carpet, a grille, trim pieces and screws.
The dash has been painted and installed, and I'm ready to paint the door panels and install them too. Weatherstripping and glass are all installed, and one more check for leaks, and I'll put the carpet in.
A few months ago, my friend Kelly gave me some speakers for the front of the Chevelle, so I thought I'd install them this weekend. I fabricated up a bracket for the two front 5 inch speakers in the center of the dash, and cut out the kick panels for the 4x6 speakers. I was thinking of putting 6x9s in the rear deck and a Custom AutoSound head unit to fit in the un-cut dash.
The wheel molding are on, and look very nice. I also cleaned all the window felts and windshield trim, getting them ready to install. I washed most of the interior parts (dash, door panels, etc) in preparation for the color change to black, and will need to pick up some SEM black and finish the job.
Tommy Leonard stopped by with his 72 Chevelle today, and it looks great. We will get them together for some pictures soon.
I finally got to polish the car with Meguiar's Swirl Free Polish #82 and a soft foam pad. It was all looking good, except for the trunk, where I had a paint defect and two buffer burn through marks. As you can imagine, I wasn't a happy man. I pulled the trunk off, and painted the underside again, because it was not very nice. A quick sanding down with 400 grit and then 600 grit, followed by a light mist of black and some quick dry clear worked fine. Tomorrow I'll sand the top of the trunk and prep it for the same treatment, only with the same 7900 clear the rest of the car has.
I installed the headlights, and removed the dash pad in preperation for the windshield removal, but I have not heard back from the glass man. I want to paint the rest of the dash and interior black, which would be easier without the windshield, so I may just pull the glass and install the new windshield myself and save $100.
The rear bumper, lights and valance are also installed...it is starting to look like a car again!
The first two photos may look familiar, however these are the after wetsanding versions of the drivers side and hood. The third photo is a close up of the reflection of the Machine Glaze on the hood (the light spot is a drop of glaze) so flat you can read the label. For some reason, all my glaze and compounds have holes in the bottles. Go figure?
It looks good now, but I have a feeling that the glaze is hiding the fine scratches that I still need to polish one more time and machine glaze again. I need to do a bit of research and talk to some professionals to see what they are using. I believe that it is better to wetsand and buff conservatively than to rush and burn through the clear, and have to paint more clear again. We will see what a few days in the sun and weather do to the finish.
I started wet sanding the Chevelle with 1500 grit paper, and then again with 2000 grit paper. It was easier once the rain started, I just grabbed the sandpaper, my squeegee, a sponge and kept going. After everything was flat, I used the buffer and either Finesse It or Diamond Cut compound on the red pad to bring up a gloss. Then a finer pad with Machine Glaze brought up a deep, black shine. I still have most of the car to do yet.
Hopefully I can finish tomorrow. I need to call the glass man to fill the windsield crack too.
The Chevelle is now black...shiny and black. I had everything ready last night, the car was masked and the garage ready to shoot. I woke up early, ran up to Kemperle to get the high-temp basemaker for the basecoat, and was back home with the garage at 80 degrees. Perfect. I was just starting the first coat, when two guys showed up looking to get their car painted. Thank god Tommy was here to help keep them out of the garage. I'll have to call them back to see what they want painted.
After the two coats of base black, I had to run back to the paint shop again to get the correct clear activator. Then I got three coats of clear on everything, and it looks ok. There are some rough spots to be wet sanded, and of course the black shows every flaw. Now to go to wetsanding class from McGuire's.
You really want to know what it takes to paint a car black? Aside from the money, and years of body work and paint experience? It takes the support of family, friends and neighbors who put up with you as you attempt the most ridiculous task in the history of automobile restoration. If I can pull this off without killing myself or someone else, it will be a miracle.
I set aside the weekend to get the car final sanded, masked and prepped the garage for paint on Saturday morning. I had all of my materials (or so I thought), and the weather was just right (again, so I thought). I even had time to go to a movie on Friday night....so I could just finish up the masking in the morning, right?
Well, the morning came and I forgot to sand the small pieces like the valance and headlight extensions, so I prepped them and masked them and got ready to paint, By this time, it's Saturday afternoon, the humidity is down, the temp is up, but I'm already committed to paint today. I suit up and spray... what a mess! Nothing is flowing right or laying flat. There are a ton of 400 grit sand scratches showing in the black basecoat that are not hiding at all. There is also a big spot on the passenger side where some kind of contaminant is fish-eyeing the paint. I stop after two coats of base to figure this all out.
I realize that I have the wrong reducer for the shop temp, which my mis-calibrated thermometer once fixed is telling me is almost 95 degrees. I was using the mid-temp reducer for 70-80 degree days, when I needed the high temp reducer (which I am out of). I now have a new digital thermometer, and a Chevelle that has been sprayed with two coats of base, and then sanded down with 600 wet to remove the orange peel and sand scratches.
Of, by the way, my neighbor Tommy hooked me up with some excellent bumpers and other goodies from is Chevelle. Thanks pal!
I finally caught a break in the weather, and went back to work on the Chevelle body. A few small spots needed to be sanded and/or filled, then I figured I would just shoot the jambs with the black basecoat to see how they looked. There were a few fisheyes here and there, but for the most part it looks good. I'll hopefully get to wet sand and block the rest of the 2K primer down tomorrow, and get it ready for the basecoat.
I laid down some of that new PPG primer the other day, and was not happy about the way it sprayed at all. I only spotted in the areas that I really needed to work on, and blocked most of it off. Last night I figured I would give it another try, and I got it flowing just right. Only problem now was that I used it all up! Thanks to Tommy "Wagon Dude" for hooking me up with his left over 2K from the wagon, and I was able to finish the rest of the Chevelle. There isn't much room in the garage to spray it - when I paint, I'm really going to have to remove everything and position it perfectly. But I still have to block it out again, and I think I will jamb it outside. I have to get some better weather though, this rain is terrible!
The Chevelle came with the stock hood (in excellent condition) and a brand new Goodmark Cowl hood (minus the actual cowl induction opening). So, of course I opt to install the cowl hood because it looks mean. The problem is that the edge near the drivers window wasn't rolled correctly from Goodmark, and it hit the fender BIG TIME!. If it was my purchase, I would have sent it back, but since I got it with the car, that isn't an option. After a bit of thought, I decided to cut the side edge with a Dremmel and make a very thin cut that would allow me to beat the edge with my body hammer without distorting the entire top of the hood. My idea actually worked! With a bit of help from the kids to take the hood off, and on, and off, and on, and off and finally on again, we got it pretty damn close.
I finished up most of the rough body work today, including the trunk and door jambs, and even had time to give her an oil change. She still had the break in oil in her, but that wasn't any big deal since we haven't gone anywhere yet but up the driveway. I'll need to sand up the headlight buckets and a few trim pieces, then it's time to block her out and lay down some of that new PPG 2K. I hope that it comes out nice and smooth, because now I'm certain we are going BLACK!
I went to the track last night with the Lawn Dude to watch the wagon run in the "Mean Street" competition. The weather was terrible, hot and muggy, and everyone was running way slow. It didn't really matter that we went out in the first round, we got rained out after the second round anyway.
So, my usual routine of Saturday afternoon sanding and filling was somewhat productive, as you can see from the pics. I'm having some difficulty with the passenger side quarter panel, nothing I did, but trying to clean up the previous body work in the area. I almost have it, I think maybe a little more block sanding could show me the last bit of filler I might need, or if I'm lucky and the guide coat shows me good news, just some more primer filler. Speaking of primer, I ran out of my Dupont 4004 2K, so I picked up some PPG (they were out of my Dupont 2K) at a whopping $79 for a qt w/activator! DAMN! I hope that it works well and covers a lot, because I am out of $$$ and still need to get basecoat and clear.
I wasted about an hour looking for some pics online of just how the window molding clips go on. After I couldn't find any, I just took a clip to the car and figured it out myself. It can only go one way, so I really felt like an idiot, and should have just done that first. Probably been breathing too many paint fumes to think clearly.
I took Nancy and the kids out for a ride this past weekend in the Vette (um, that's three separate rides of course) and we almost had a head-on with a new Camaro. That would have really been a shame! Did you know that Chevy dealers already have 25,000 orders for the Camaro, making it the hottest car GM has rolled out in years. On Monday, I decided to get busy on some bodywork, so I started sanding, filling and priming the worst spots. I made a lot of progress, and have Tommy to thank for bringing over the Quickshade tent and keeping me working in the shade. I was even so bold as to spray a little 2K with the mini-gun while in the driveway. Where are the photos you ask? Good question, I am going to fire our SHC staff photographer first chance I get. Damn....I just got fired.
I found the link for the Motor Speedway nights at Raceway Park. Click here. I would like to go check it out with the family, if I can convince them to go. If I don't go to see the Bullrun in NYC tomorrow, then hopefully I'll get to see this!
I finished the last of the metal work today, at least I hope so. I started by removing the kick panels, and that took me almost an hour. What a pain it was to get the drivers side out. I had to remove the parking brake assembly just to get enough clearance. After that, the drivers floor panel was installed...again no pic, sorry.
I was going to try to check out the starting of the Bullrun Rally. The official start line for the rally is in the meatpacking district of Manhattan, New York... 9th Avenue between little West 12th Street and 14th Street. Click the image to go to the site.
I finished the other corner of the rear window channel this morning, the drivers side lower. It didn't take long at all, and I of course forgot to take a pic.
I figured that I would start on the floor pans, so I removed the rest of the interior to get a better look. The passenger rear floor was not too bad, just a few small holes, so I didn't use the entire pan. I know, I know, the resto-purist are cringing at the hack job, but the rest of the floor, and bracing, and belt/seat mounts etc were OK, and I have to get this done. After all, this is going to be a driver, not a show car. Besides, I can use the leftover piece from the passenger rear to fix the passenger front ('cause I didn't buy that one). Someone tried to patch the passenger front with fiberglass, and when I picked it off today, man - what a rusty, holey mess that is. I don't know if I'll post a pic of my welded floors when I'm done, after all they are going to be under the carpet/car!
I was busy on Friday and Saturday playing with my lathe (I got to remember to take a photo of it) that my pal Jason and his dad gave to me. I cut the belt to separate it from the motor and get it home, and once home realized I need to pull the main assembly completely apart to install a new belt. Not too smart. At least now I know how the entire thing works, because I field stripped and rebuilt it.
I also installed the anti-theft system, which I would love to discuss in detail...however it is probably best to say that I feel pretty secure that no one is going to figure this out. I hope Sarah will!
I finally got around to working on the rear window channel, and decided to tackle the toughest side first. I fabricated up a paper template, transferred it to metal (actually twice, the first was a bit too small) and welded it in. Click here to see the before pic of the hole. I also cleaned all the butyl tape off the glass, and got some major blisters on my fingers in the process. After I do the other side, I can start on the new floor pans, and then I really have to get into the body work.
I transferred the restored brackets to the new pump today, primed it up and now have one-finger power steering. Notice the spacer on the header bolt for the rear pump bracket.
It looks like most of the mechanical systems are good for now, I need to order some floor pans and get started on the body work. I can't believe it is already the middle of June, and if I don't get the body done now, it will have to wait until next year for paint.
I wanted to post this pic of the brakes...just because I like it.
Been busy since my last post. Got the Chevelle running and driving. I had to work pretty hard to bleed the brakes, but eventually got there. The timing was a little tricky, but now that I re-learned the art of ignition timing, I left a few burnouts in the driveway.
The power steering has been leaking from the front seal and flinging all over the place, took me a few days to figure that out. So today I pulled the pump apart, and painted all the brakets, and am getting a new pump tomorrow. All I could find was my phone, so that's why the picture is so crappy, but you get the idea. Tomorrow I'll install the new pump, and torque everything up. I also made a nice little bracket for the rear of the pump where it bolts to the head/header, so no more loose power steering brackets!
Today I got a much needed break in the weather, and went outside to start the Chevelle for the first time. All I needed to do was throw some gas in, the battery and cables, and fire it up. Ok, I'll skip the little part about me having the distributor in 180 degrees the wrong way, because I pretty much new that after it didn't fire right up. I used the hand siphon pump to pull the fuel up to the filter, and had Jimmy help me hit the key while I set the timing. It really was a mouse motor....complete with acorns, a nest and even a little mummified mouse that a came shooting out the pasenger side tailpipe like a shotgun blast when it first fired up!
As I was breaking in the cam, and had the motor purring along at 2500 rpm, all of a sudden it dropped down to almost 1000 rpm and run like crap. I shut it off, thinking maybe I accidentially bumped the distributor and knocked the timing out of wack. After checking everything from scratch again, I found out my brand new Jegs distributor vacuum advance was broken. I tried one from Jimmy, but his was broken too. So I pulled the unit off the 283, installed it and was back in business. I called Jegs, they better send a new one!
The electric fan kicked in when it should have, and although the carb float was a little stuck at first, it all seemed to work out just fine. Tomorrow I should be able to bleed the brakes and throw it in gear, see if I can move around the driveway a bit.
Sarah and I went with the ACE crew to ATCO today to test and tune the alcohol-burning, 383 powered altered. Although it was a bit cold and windy, we had a great time. The car has only a handful of passes, and as soon as we figure out why it wants to make a right turn out of the hole, we can see what it will run. So far it has been in the 8's, but today we could only manage low 9's.
The “Twilight Cruise” is run by the Cal-Rods Car Club on behalf of the NHRA Museum, and they do a super job! All 1970 and earlier rods, customs, classics, and muscle cars are invited to join in the Museum parking lot at Fairplex from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Twilight Cruise admission is free, and all in attendance may visit the Museum at no charge. So, we drove out to Pamona on Wednesday evening and looked at all the neat stuff in the museum. There was almost too much to look at, you could spend all day looking at the historic cars and photos.
As we made our way through the valley, we stopped in Burbank at the famous Hollywood Hotrods. There we met with another east coast car gal from Piscataway NJ who now works at the shop, and even some car fanatics from europe. The owner and designer/fabricator Troy Ladd was kind enough to come and talk to us for a while.
Well, we are finally back from the great state of California. The family vacation this year was sprinkled with hot rods and California car culture all throughout the week. We flew in to LAX on Friday morning, and on Saturday morning we decided to take full advantage of our east coast time clocks, get up early, and check out the Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach. They hold a cruise every Saturday at the Adams Ave Donut shop from 6-9 AM (yes, that's in the morning) and there were some very cool rides there. I was mostly interested in the traditional style hot rods and surf wagons, although there was a great display of muscle cars as well. What a great start to the vacation!
I am almost done with the assembly of the interior. The sound deadener and carpet went in smoothly, and the door panels and headliner match up nicely. The back seat and seat belts are in, and although I am leaving the front and rear seats green for now, I intend to recover them with new black covers later.
Sarah wants to keep the grille silver, and now that the bumper is on, I think I agree. One more kick panel, the front seats and belts, and that's it! I'm amazed that I no longer have a giant pile of parts in the garage....which really feels good
I don't know how these kids do this....blogging, twittering, etc. I barely have enough time to work, eat and sleep.....and try to squeeze a few minutes in on the Chevelle. That's why I have not blogged in a while. I did go to the swap meet at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, and get most of the parts I needed to finish the car last week. I picked up sound deadener, carpet, a grille, trim pieces and screws.
The dash has been painted and installed, and I'm ready to paint the door panels and install them too. Weatherstripping and glass are all installed, and one more check for leaks, and I'll put the carpet in.
A few months ago, my friend Kelly gave me some speakers for the front of the Chevelle, so I thought I'd install them this weekend. I fabricated up a bracket for the two front 5 inch speakers in the center of the dash, and cut out the kick panels for the 4x6 speakers. I was thinking of putting 6x9s in the rear deck and a Custom AutoSound head unit to fit in the un-cut dash.
I finally got to polish the car with Meguiar's Swirl Free Polish #82 and a soft foam pad. It was all looking good, except for the trunk, where I had a paint defect and two buffer burn through marks. As you can imagine, I wasn't a happy man. I pulled the trunk off, and painted the underside again, because it was not very nice. A quick sanding down with 400 grit and then 600 grit, followed by a light mist of black and some quick dry clear worked fine. Tomorrow I'll sand the top of the trunk and prep it for the same treatment, only with the same 7900 clear the rest of the car has.
I installed the headlights, and removed the dash pad in preperation for the windshield removal, but I have not heard back from the glass man. I want to paint the rest of the dash and interior black, which would be easier without the windshield, so I may just pull the glass and install the new windshield myself and save $100.
The first two photos may look familiar, however these are the after wetsanding versions of the drivers side and hood. The third photo is a close up of the reflection of the Machine Glaze on the hood (the light spot is a drop of glaze) so flat you can read the label. For some reason, all my glaze and compounds have holes in the bottles. Go figure? 
I started wet sanding the Chevelle with 1500 grit paper, and then again with 2000 grit paper. It was easier once the rain started, I just grabbed the sandpaper, my squeegee, a sponge and kept going. After everything was flat, I used the buffer and either Finesse It or Diamond Cut compound on the red pad to bring up a gloss. Then a finer pad with Machine Glaze brought up a deep, black shine. I still have most of the car to do yet.
The Chevelle is now black...shiny and black. I had everything ready last night, the car was masked and the garage ready to shoot. I woke up early, ran up to Kemperle to get the high-temp basemaker for the basecoat, and was back home with the garage at 80 degrees. Perfect. I was just starting the first coat, when two guys showed up looking to get their car painted. Thank god Tommy was here to help keep them out of the garage. I'll have to call them back to see what they want painted.
You really want to know what it takes to paint a car black? Aside from the money, and years of body work and paint experience? It takes the support of family, friends and neighbors who put up with you as you attempt the most ridiculous task in the history of automobile restoration. If I can pull this off without killing myself or someone else, it will be a miracle.
I finally caught a break in the weather, and went back to work on the Chevelle body. A few small spots needed to be sanded and/or filled, then I figured I would just shoot the jambs with the black basecoat to see how they looked. There were a few fisheyes here and there, but for the most part it looks good. I'll hopefully get to wet sand and block the rest of the 2K primer down tomorrow, and get it ready for the basecoat.
The Chevelle came with the stock hood (in excellent condition) and a brand new Goodmark Cowl hood (minus the actual cowl induction opening). So, of course I opt to install the cowl hood because it looks mean. The problem is that the edge near the drivers window wasn't rolled correctly from Goodmark, and it hit the fender BIG TIME!. If it was my purchase, I would have sent it back, but since I got it with the car, that isn't an option. After a bit of thought, I decided to cut the side edge with a Dremmel and make a very thin cut that would allow me to beat the edge with my body hammer without distorting the entire top of the hood. My idea actually worked! With a bit of help from the kids to take the hood off, and on, and off, and on, and off and finally on again, we got it pretty damn close.
So, my usual routine of Saturday afternoon sanding and filling was somewhat productive, as you can see from the pics. I'm having some difficulty with the passenger side quarter panel, nothing I did, but trying to clean up the previous body work in the area. I almost have it, I think maybe a little more block sanding could show me the last bit of filler I might need, or if I'm lucky and the guide coat shows me good news, just some more primer filler. Speaking of primer, I ran out of my Dupont 4004 2K, so I picked up some PPG (they were out of my Dupont 2K) at a whopping $79 for a qt w/activator! DAMN! I hope that it works well and covers a lot, because I am out of $$$ and still need to get basecoat and clear.
I took Nancy and the kids out for a ride this past weekend in the Vette (um, that's three separate rides of course) and we almost had a head-on with a new Camaro. That would have really been a shame! Did you know that Chevy dealers already have 25,000 orders for the Camaro, making it the hottest car GM has rolled out in years. 
I found the link for the Motor Speedway nights at Raceway Park. Click here. I would like to go check it out with the family, if I can convince them to go. If I don't go to see the Bullrun in NYC tomorrow, then hopefully I'll get to see this!
I was going to try to check out the starting of the Bullrun Rally. The official start line for the rally is in the meatpacking district of Manhattan, New York... 9th Avenue between little West 12th Street and 14th Street. Click the image to go to the site.
I finished the other corner of the rear window channel this morning, the drivers side lower. It didn't take long at all, and I of course forgot to take a pic.
I was busy on Friday and Saturday playing with my lathe (I got to remember to take a photo of it) that my pal Jason and his dad gave to me. I cut the belt to separate it from the motor and get it home, and once home realized I need to pull the main assembly completely apart to install a new belt. Not too smart. At least now I know how the entire thing works, because I field stripped and rebuilt it.
I transferred the restored brackets to the new pump today, primed it up and now have one-finger power steering. Notice the spacer on the header bolt for the rear pump bracket.
Today I got a much needed break in the weather, and went outside to start the Chevelle for the first time. All I needed to do was throw some gas in, the battery and cables, and fire it up. Ok, I'll skip the little part about me having the distributor in 180 degrees the wrong way, because I pretty much new that after it didn't fire right up. I used the hand siphon pump to pull the fuel up to the filter, and had Jimmy help me hit the key while I set the timing. It really was a mouse motor....complete with acorns, a nest and even a little mummified mouse that a came shooting out the pasenger side tailpipe like a shotgun blast when it first fired up!
