Hello Peaches,
Made progress over the weekend...
The wheel wells are notorious for rusting on these cars. The trunk hinges have drains that use rubber hose to carry the water out. Typically the hose will dry rot and crack allowing water to drip into the wheel wells and eventually feed the iron oxide (rust) corrosion. The metal in Dolly's wheel wells are solid, but I saw the orange color of rust appearing on the surface. I used a wire brush head on the air tool to lift the orange away from steel and vacuumed the dust, wiped with alcohol and when it was clean and dry applied a coating of black POR15. If you have never heard of POR15, look it up on the Internet or more likely YouTube. I used POR15 on flimsy rusted metal on The Emerald Bullet that felt like hardened steel when the brushed on coating dried. The rusted spots that I treated five years ago have not corroded again. Rust is the enemy of these cars. Preventing Dolly from suffering corrosion is an important aspect of preserving and maintaining it to last another fifty years.
I flushed the brake lines using the Mityvac purchased at Harbor Freight for $39.99 to suck the fluid through/out.
When I started the engine last week the carburetor was acting sticky to control. I lubricated each of the areas in the linkage and moving parts on the carburetor body with WD40 so that the fuel delivery control system has fluid motion. The lag between pushing the accelerator and engine response disappeared and I felt confident enough to pull Dolly out of the garage under her own power.
I drove Dolly around the parking lot within the gates of the "closed course". I made a horrible video to document the historic occasion. If you get car sick easily, watching this could make you queasy.
Here is the link -->
https://youtu.be/m9M6_kLVXPA