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You learn something new every day. Tonight, I was poring over some factory service manual (FSM) pages on GalantVR4.org generously shared by a member in the UK. They detailed the panel replacement procedures for much of the front clip on a Galant of 195’s vintage. Excellent stuff! Locations of factory spot welds which have to be broken in order to remove damaged panels and details of where and how to weld replacement bits into place for a sound repair. It’s good stuff. I love being a member of that community.

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Going back to my “Preparing For Re-Entry” post a couple months back, it would appear that I’ve actually made a great deal of progress, despite my not really doing much. Heh.

This past weekend, Ray and I cruised on up to Chino Valley, AZ to have our way with an 89 Galant GS a member of RallyAnarchy found for me. More details on this post coming soon…  Read more »

Since not much has changed since last month, here’s a little video I have thoroughly enjoyed watching many times today.

aDee.tsi rally 1G DSM video on Streetfire.

Things are getting closer for 195 returning to the road soon. I hope to have a real update of sorts soon!

The original plan was to have 195 repaired and back on the road by the end of May. Well, that would be Saturday, which leaves me with just two days to get a LOT of things done. I’ve got a conference call tonight and we’re off to the lake tomorrow afternoon, so yeah. It’s not that there hasn’t been any progress, just that there hasn’t been enough progress.  Read more »

Some of you might be looking at this picture and thinking to yourselves, “Looks like another ratty old Volvo with it’s hubcaps missing.” I, on the other hand, view this car as inspirational.  Read more »