Up and running, and dreaming again.

Well, the Hornet is running again. The short story is that the spark plugs were fouled. We checked for spark, checked the carburetors were squirting gas, and then pulled a plug. It was filthy and smelled like gas, so I replaced them. I put Champion H12s in because that was what was in there. I was later told H10s were a better plug for the 308.

Now that I am no longer obsessed with the car not running I am dreaming wild dreams again. I am not just talking about a new interior, hopefully paid for by a tax return. I am talking about replacing the exhaust manifold with a dual exhaust header, chroming a few small parts, touching up the red detail paint, and other fun and unnecessary things. I am not sure why, but right after crisis come unrealistic dreams. Reality is that until a fat tax return in February, the car will sit. If I am lucky I will be able to scrape up enough money for some new spark plug wires and radiator hoses, but Christmas is consuming time and money at a rapid rate.