On my way back from work trip and Oshkosh. Stopped in Milwaukee, visited friends. Made impromptu visit to Illinois, visited more friends. Visited office. Am now in scenic Arcola, Illinois. I'm going to stop by Mid-America tomorrow morning and then head home.
The status of beetle things as I left them:
I'm two steps through the three-part step of cleaning and sealing the tank. The tank is now ready for the internal coat of sealer that will hopefully plug any pinholes and eliminate the gas smell. I can always hope.
The engine's getting close. I'm almost to the point that I need to wait for everything else to catch up. I want to be able to lubricate the engine, assemble it and install it in a weekend, so that the lubrication doesn't have time to dry out or leak out or whatever. I don't know that I'll get everything done but I can do the prep and get the fuel system stuff all sorted out.