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So, I worked on it two weeks ago and broke the bolt holding the pinion in place. It was a brief moment of hulk like strength and zippy the pin head intelligence. Anyway- I finally wrapped it up yesterday and everything seems to work fine. Thanks everyone for your help.

Thank you Pat. I still have a few good length dimensional lumber from the original wall - so that would be good for the top plate, and I think I have several in about 8' lengths which would work for posts. It did indeed rain all day today - this is what the back of my yard looks like whenever we have heavy rain. It's a very high water table, there is a stream that runs around the outside of the property between me and my neighbor, and the soil only goes down maybe 2 ft or less before it becomes clay For perspective, this is the view from the house (different day) right-hand side (West) is where it pools.. Even with that, the back of the garage did not get very wet or have any accumulation to speak of. So, I think I can just backfill that area with gravel. Since I couldn't work outside, I just did some more cleanup inside. Added sheathing to the inside of the garage doors, as those were pretty darn drafty and also a little wonky. While I was at it I also put some primer on the new shelves and upper sheathing Rain is supposed to stop later today, so hopefully tomorrow I can start with the jacking and replacing of the sill sections.

I talked with https://www.ogdenchrome.com/ this week about re-choming my bumpers. Here is what I told them and what I found out: What I told them I wanted: Two front bumpers, one from a AZ car that has been straightened and has a lot of surface imperfections from doing so, and one that has some body filler and has been painted Two rear bumpers, one that is NOS and one that is from an AZ car and has been straightened somewhat but needs more One set of front bumper over riders One set of rear bumper over riders They said that straightening is easy for them. I think they use hydraulic presses based off what he said. He said 240z bumpers are thin, so they only do their "show chrome" option on them. From what he described, it sounds like they coat them with quite a bit of copper. Pricing: $1400 for each front bumper, $1600 for each rear bumper. No discounting the price for either the low rust, or the NOS bumper (no discount for good condition). $200 for each bumper over rider. Current wait time is 6-7 months. That is quite a bit more expensive than I was thinking and the wait time is way too long. So, I will be checking with https://www.pulidoplating.net/ next.

I concur. As a joke, I told my wife that $75,000 was my budget on this auction. She didn't find the humor in it.

Sold for $82,500. I think that's a solid price. It would have probably brought a little more a few years ago

Yes, I believe you understand. I would try to do three pieces about 6' long. You actually don't have to pick the whole side up at once if you can't. The building will "flex" some if you pick it up in one area and not another. You can get it jacked up and then cut temporary studs to length and then you can move the jacks around. When you want to set it down you can drive each stud out a little at time so they all come down evenly or you can use the jack again to lower them. A 2x6 as a top plate works better than a 2x4. It's wider and stiffer...

Tri city plating did mine. It was expensive and took a long time, but they did a good job.

Just ordered the harness from Haltech. Wish me luck!

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