Restoration has begun!

["Cullen" <cullen.swanson@xxxx>]

Thank you for your replies to my last Q. I am sorry to inform you 
all that I am full of newbie questions. My '76 Gremmy has got to be 
the coolest car that I have ever driven. My best friend has fallen 
in love with it, and now he wants one! I took a week of vacation 
last week, and found some new wheels for it, and they look better 
than the ones that came with it. They are American Racing chrome 
racing wheels with good tires on them. I got the wheels and the 
tires for $80 at the salvage yard, brought them home and polished 
them and they look brand new! Also, I finally found a driver's side 
door handle this morning off of an old Rambler for $10 and now I 
don't have to crawl in through the back window anymore haha! The 
junkyard also had a nice 4 WD Spirit and a Pacer but he wouldn't let 
me get parts because he wants to sell the cars as is. If anyone 
knows where I can find a passenger door handle, please let me know. 
I'm trying to J.B. weld the one that I have, but I am not sure if it 
will hold. Okay, now the questions.

1. The fuel vapor canister - I took it out to clean it and put a new 
filter in it, and realized that it's not even hooked up right. That 
would explain the gas smell in the cockpit. The "Carb Bowl" line is 
obviously going to the carb bowl, but the tank and purge line have no 
hoses coming off of them, hence, they are not hooked up. I found a 
small metal line that is not being used for anything that is located 
just below the canister, and it appears to run parallel to the 
exhaust and run down underneath the firewall. Is that where the 
purge line goes? Also, I can't find any openings anywhere where the 
tank line hose sould be hooked up to. Anyone know where that line 
would go on a 258? Furthermore, do I HAVE to have the vapor canister?

2. I am also looking for a shock tower (left side). I have no shock 
on the left side! The ride is pretty rough and I am scared to drive 
it without one for fear of putting un-needed pressure on the front 
end. Anyone at all know where I can get one, or do you have an extra 
one? 

Thank you in advance for your replies. I am so grateful for this 
webring - you guys rock.

Cullen
'76 Gremmy 258