update

["Cullen" <cullen.swanson@xxxx>]

I'm sorry, but I cannot contain my "restoration joy." I took my 
radiator to a radiator shop and he is going to boil bath it, clean it 
out thoroughly, and repaint it for $40. I also took off the fan and 
fan pulley, and painted them. The alternator bracket was crooked 
causing the fan belt to be crooked, so I took it off, straightened 
it, and painted that too. I cleaned most of the right side of the 
engine compartment with ajax and a scrub pad. I guess I was tired of 
looking at the 1/4" of gunk that was caked on everything. I think I 
was able to find out why the winshield washer motor wasn't working 
and I cleaned it up real good and now I need to blow the lines free 
and see if it works. I didn't have time to do that because I had to 
come to work. I still haven't found the gas line that hooks up to 
the vapor canister because I haven't had the chance to crawl 
underneath the car and find it. I'm real tempted just to keep the 
258 in my car and just rebuild it. I really don't need a faster 
car. I just want my Gremmy restored and running smooth with some 
good pickup. Hey, there was a web page that I got as a link to 
someone that posted a message a while back. The link is to place in 
Sugarland Texas that seels AMC parts super cheap. Does anyone know 
anything about the site's credibility? They were advertising master 
cylinders for like $10, and brake pads for $2. Sounds too good to be 
true. 

Cullen
'76 258