It's been a long time and a lot of little things have happened. Here's an updated list of where I am on my Get-The-Car-Running project.

1. Pull the motor and fix oil leaks, pull the ceramic lifters, clean everything, install carbs (for now).
I ended up selling my motor (in a round about way) and so now Jeff Keyzer has it and I have his old 1.7 motor to put in my car. Which is fine with me. As long as it drives, I'm happy. I'm getting a set of VW bus carbs to put on the motor instead of fuel injection. Why, you ask? Two reasons: first because I expect it will get me on the road the quickest, and second because I'll learn something by using them. I expect that they're a great option for small motors.

2. Fix the hell hole and firewall rust, plus weld all the little holes in the firewall. New battery tray and new rear trunk pivots.
DONE!!!

3. Fix the 'access hole' some DAPO cut in the rear trunk. The top starter bolt is not THAT hard to get to.
DONE!!!

4. Clean and paint the engine bay and rear trunk.
Not until the welding work is done.

5. Clean and reseal the transmission and replace the speedo angle drive.
DONE!!!

I've also decided to execute my five lug conversion while I'm doing the rear end. I already had the drilled hub installed. Marty Yeoman is going to machine some four lug rear rotors for me and I'll get a set of rear calipers rebuild by Eric Shea.
DONE!!!

The sunny weather is really pressuring me to keep moving on this.