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Today I managed to install one of the rear wheel spats on the car. (See photo below). While trying to install the spat on the rear right wheel – I discovered that the mounting bracket was missing. Oh well, another part to order from a junk yard or xks unlimited. I also cleaned up the hub caps and they definately make a difference.

I also installed the trunk lock after finding the pieces in a paint can that came with the car. While the lock seemed straightforward – I did look it up in the parts manual first. Here is the diagram for the 340.

Next is the photo of the lock before it went back into the car. Installing the lock wasn’t difficult – unfortunately it doesn’t lock! While it closes so that the truck lid stays closed – it doesn’t lock. Being that the key that starts the car doesn’t open the glove box or lock the truck – I probably need a new set of locks/keys. Oh well.

Next was the wheel hubs and spats. I cleaned up the wheel hubs and installed them. There are three pictures below: 1) the original wheels.. 2) The Hub caps dirty and cleaned up.

And finally the wheels with the cleaned hub caps, embellishers and the spat installed.

The hub caps aren’t bad – but they need to be rechromed and the wheel embellishers are even worse. For now just getting the car together is the primary goal.