My Hawk has a new home. It took a long time from my purchase date of June 10.
Gary Johnson of Tacoma did the brakes and bearings before it left left Tacoma
Wa. which was a couple week job doing odds and ends. Thanks Gary! The Hawk
was worth every penny with a  beautiful body. JP supplied the carpet and door
panel set which will go in this week. The ignition switch is fuddled thanks
to Searail transport but to there credit have asked for the bill to replace
it.  Searail Transport was a pain in the *ss when they did not show up for
scheduled pickups and would show up unannouced when nobody was there. They
were several weeks behind schedule but to their credit they did deliver my
Hawk to my door at their expense. After all is said and done I would use them
again with less expections.

My first task was to remove the 16 year old gas from the tank. I notice a
small leak in the gas tank as the fuel was dripping on my driveway. I remove
the tank only to discover the 2" connection hose was leaking. I could not get
at the clamp since the drive section was tucked under the frame. I hope that
is the only leak.  The gasoline was piss yellow and I filled too many
containers to take to the hazardous waste disposal site.

I got the tank back in  and fillled it with 5 gallons of premium and hotwired
the car which was running very rough. I ran the old gas out of the carb. I
buzzed around the neighborhood for about a half hour and the car seemed to
settle down a bit.

The hawk hesitates badly in Drive: almost like it does not down shilft into
first. It runs like a hot damn in first and will even bark when I throw it in
second. (roads were slightly wet after rain)  

I wondering if the hesitation is fowled plug so I am planning to pull the
plugs tommorrow morning and have a look at them before I take it to my
mechanic for a safety certificate.  I then have to pay more provincal tax to
get a license. After that  and take it down the QEW for a good rip.

I'm looking forward to it! Hawk Looks good in the garage.

BTW no neo nazis at Canadian Customs. The Toronto office was waiting for the
Hawk to come through today. I was treated like royality and actually emptied
the customs office with officers  going to look at the Hawk on the flatbed
tow truck in the rain. I witnessed two people being turned away after custom
officers asking why they were importing their cars. The only questions I got
was did they built this car in Hamilton? What year is that? How many did they
build? What the engine? Is that a Ford engine? NOPE and thanks It is a
beautiful car!

Allen (glad to be back in the flock) Anderson