FINALLY! Got my garage back from in-law-storage-central. Built a workbench. Discovered that the sun will shine in the Northwest if one waits long enough!
SOOO...back to working on getting my car working correctly. Just replaced all major hoses (only took 2.5 months to get them in from Italy), thermostat, and smaller leaking hoses. Backflushed it and am now in the process of discovering why the fan will not come on. But, I am now able to get it to the radiator/muffler/brake shop under it's own power!
My cousin also just graduated from body repair school...don't know all the things he can do, but he can patch the rust and paint it for me a lot cheaper than other places. His personal cars look very good (they were a MESS before he started on them) so I am confident he'll do a reasonably good job on mine.
*happy-dance time*
-Bryan
... I'd put him to work!