We took Karens Kaiser to the Sacramento Autorama February 11 through 17 with the show open the 14,15 & 16. It's about a 650 mile trip one way so a few extra day for travel were added. We were put in one of the smaller buildings (#2) that was quite a ways from the main show in buildings A & B so we did not think the Kaiser had a chance to win an award.  We went in on Friday at noon, rolled out the carpet & taped it down then Karen cleaned the car while I took care of the rest of the display set up, cleaned the tires, wheel wells & engine. On the drive from the RV Park to the Cal Expo parking lot for check in (2 miles) the car lost it's power steering, when I opened the hood I found that the pulley on the alternator had come loose and fallen off that caused the serpentine belt to be off of the power steering pump and water pump. So I walked back the 2 miles on the medium on a very busy street looking in the street and gutters but could not find the pulley...

Lots of discovery's since the last post, found the right side inner fender rusted out at the battery location, the car has been repainted Gold ( original color was Medium  Beige Metallic), a poor paint job with  some minor body work done. The heating, A/C and cooling systems had been worked on and left unpaired or disconnected. All the hoses and vacuum lines must be replaced and the vacuum tank repaired or replaced. The previous owner (that was the second owner) had tried to get the car running and replaced the starter, solenoid,cap, rotor and spark plugs however he broke the starter flange and two of the plugs while installing them. The engine and transmission will be rebuilt.  Before I moved the car over to the center bay where the electric overhead hoist is I wanted to service the  rear end while it was still on the 2 post hoist. When the center section was removed, the only way to change the oil (no drain plug in a Ford 9"), the 90-W oil had turned to goo lik...