The beginning

This is it. My new old car. My wife and I walked around the corner today and got the title for the bargain price of just $250. The guy that sold it to us was nice enough to steer the car while I towed it around the corner to our house with my '85 Saab 900T. After getting it to the house, it was a pain getting it into the garage. I'm just lucky our driveway is not steep!
The car's overall condition is pretty good. There are a few small things that need doing to the body, but most of all it needs a good compounding and waxing. The interior is in excellent condition. It has all the bells and whistles. The leather is in great condition. The only interior defects are a few cracks in the dashboard (two from the ACC sunlight sensor to the front of the dash and one by passenger speaker. The windshield has a line crack at the bottom going all the way across, but doesn't disrupt vision at all, and the front passenger window is off the track.
On the outside, the drivers headlight glass is broken and there is a chip on the accompanying turn signal. The hatch back is missing the decor panel. Other than that, it just needs a good compounding and waxing.
Now for the reason I got it so cheap..... The engine, which will be the lion share of the work, has a blown head gasket. The oil looks horrible, like someone poured milk into it and put it in a blender. They say oil and water don't mix. Well, they do when you blow a head gasket and the resulting mixture is not a pretty sight. The battery is dead so I'll be pulling it and charging it up while the rest of the work is being done. First order will be pulling the whole thing apart and taking inventory of everything that needs repair or replacement in the engine compartment. Then it's off to the machine shop for the head and block to check for cracks and warping. I'll have the head magnafluxed, resurfaced, tanked to get all the goo out and the valves and seals done. This will be the purpose of this blog, to follow the rebuild of this car.