9/13/14 Back to the shop one last time...We hope!

What the heck is going on here?

We knew that a car built in 1966 would need some fixing up to be able to make it on the long trip we had planned.  Joe and I replaced a lot of the items, and had a professional  replace and work on critical elements like brakes, carb tuning and automatic transmission, We replaced almost every operating part in the T-bird, some two or three times: 2 power window motors, 3 alternators, 3 starter motors, 1 water pump, all new belts, brakes, vacuum lines, relays, light and ignition switches, and various bulbs.  We were starting to get worried that it would not be ready by the 15th.  It was almost expected that after replacing the carburetor another problem would arise.  It started to over heat.  We had replaced the radiator, thermostat, and water pump before, but in traffic about three weeks ago it started to over heat.  We changed the thermostat, again, added a new fan shroud from an air-conditioned T-bird, seven bladed fan instead of five, that seems to work. Hopefully, only one last thing to work on,  The 21st century cruise control that we had put on a mid-20th century auto was acting up, after the vacuum booster for the brakes was rebuilt.  So... it is still in the shop. We are still planning to leave Monday AM and are keeping our fingers crossed.  In the meantime, there is all that packing to do.  More later.