[hawk2100n]

General update:
Summer brings lots of highway miles and to get ready I have been doing some work on the car. Maintenance wise I have been been busy replacing the brakes, with new rotors and drums, pads, shoes and rear drum cylinders. I got lucky and got a great deal on the front rotors and pads brand new off Craigslist. I fixed the common oil leak from the distributor O ring. It felt like old hard plastic but was a simple fix. Timing was readjusted and slightly advanced.

I'm on version 2.0 of my grille block. My underbody trays were a failure due to faulty attachment. They barely lasted two weeks however the coroplast was salvaged. I replaced some crudely cut plastic with a much cleaner grille insert made from the white coroplast. It has been there for about 5000 miles.

Today I was fortuitous to find some gently used and trimmed lawn edging in my dumpster. I rescued it and 11 screws later it was installed cleanly. It looks pretty good although there were some unavoidable wrinkles/bends. Made a 500 mile drive for Mother's Day and can look forward to the return home to get some numbers on the modification. There is a smooth radius as the air dam reaches towards the tires. If you are looking at the platform, the air dam extends to approximately 60% of the width of the tires so I think the function will be sufficient without creating excess frontal area. Underneath, the car is extremely (aero) dirty so I'm looking forward to something better than the 35.1 mpg I got on the way here driving 78-82 mph with A/C.