No more lurking for me!

["argent486" <argentum@xxxx>]

Hello,

This weekend I brought home something I've been waiting on for years. 
VIN #961 now rests in my garage. It's an '81 5 speed with black 
interior. Started working on it today and the thing about 
the "Love/Hate Relationsip" is right. A list of parts kept growing 
throughout the afternoon, but how can I not help but love looking at 
that car.

After lurking for years now I'm going to start playing twenty 
questions. First objective was to replace the spark plugs. I got 5 
out of six which isn't bad, but how do you get to the left front one 
near the AC compressor? Any special technique? Any method of taking 
the least amount of parts off to get to the plug?

My car has the two key system and I know that the suppliers have 
official blanks for sale. I will probably grab some in the future but 
are there any blanks from Curtis, ILCO, or others that really work? 
With only one set of keys I'm going to have a nightmare of locking 
them in sometime.

I'm glad to finally "Live the Dream" and I hope I'll meet many of you 
in the future. If anyone is in the Kansas/Oklahoma area shoot me an 
email if you want to meet up sometime.

Matt Metzinger
Arkansas City, KS 67005
VIN #961