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5/2/2011- Removed front doors, rear fenders and rear bumper Installed new ballast resistor

5/3/2011- Began removing passenger side rocker panel, dis-assembled PS rear door

5/4/2011- Cleaned all internal parts-PS Rear Door- sanded, sanded, sanded

5/5/2011- More sanding, sanded front bumper extension, dis-assembled DS Rear door. Repaired Speaker Housing

5/6/2011- Finished sanding DS Rear Door.

5/7/2011- Removed parts from a 1970 Aerobus - PS Front Door, all door panels, headliner bows, air conditioner, radiator, condenser and drier, electrical switches, DSRear window frame, DS Front Vent window and frame, battery holder-frame mount, spare tire and wheel, door sill plates, side marker lights, headlamp cans, speedometer cable, horns, windshield washer bag and pump, wiper bezels, front bumper panel, gravel guards and ballast resistor

5/9/2011- Cleaned and de-rusted all battery mounting parts, primed and painted, cleaned marker light clip, sorted all bolts and screws from 70 Aerobus parts foray. Dis-assembled Aerobus front Passenger door. Cleaned switch knobs.

5/10/2011- Finished the removal of the passenger side rocker panel-lots of chisel work.  Went to the Aerobus and removed the rear air conditioning unit.  Will try to adapt it to the rear of the a-11.  While there was ecstatic to find a relatively rust-free trunk floor. It took 5 hours of cutting to get it out but now the Checker will look a lot better.- Long long day.

5/11/2011- Slack day- Began preparing trunk floor-cutting out spot welds

5/12/2011- Finished cutting trunk spot welds, wire wheeled surface, primed and painted trunk floor. Began disassembling of rear evaporator unit from Aerobus-will adapt unit to work in A-11 rear shelf.  Cleaned 4 sill plates with wire wheel.

5/13/2011- Sanding on Passenger side front door

5/16/2011- Switched end caps on front bumper surround (brazed in place. Continued de-rusting Passenger Side Front Door

5/17/2011- Brutal day- Last day to remove parts from Aerobus. Removed front heater assemblies, defroster ducts, underseat heater, A/C compressor, fuel tank and skid plate, tailpipe shield, front and rear bumpers, floor metal and misc. wiring. 3pm 'til darkness. Luckily only intermittent showers.

5/19/2011- Disassembled under-seat heater- began de rusting, cleaned A/C evaporator-more dis-assembly

5/20/2011- Rebuilt spare alternator Parts search-online- Spring Cold begins-Yikes

5/23/2011- Dis-assembled heater motor-Began rebuilding- Cleaned under-seat heater covers and painted

5/24/2011- Pieces of motor spread over the desk-this may be interesting.

5/25/2011- Replaced broken phenolic field junction strip in Heater Motor. Re-assembled...It works! Mounted to base-plate. Fan should arrive Friday. still sick-slow progress.

5/26/2011- Repaired Fan Grill/Painted, assembled Under-seat Heater-tested. Assembled windshield washer pump. Sorted screws, nuts and bolts. Cleaned spare tire hold-down Finished horn relay.

5/28/2011- Cleaned and painted trunk support and exhaust pipe shield.

5/29/2011- Cleaned under-dash evaporator housing, cleaned and painted gas tank inlet assembly

5/30/2011- Painted under-dash evaporator and bracket. Disassembled and began de-rusting of A/C blower assembly.

5/31/2011- Last visit to Aerobus-took off fan switch, blower bracket and center link. Finished painting and motor rebiulding on A/C blower assembly. Dis-assembled and bead blasted spare heater.

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