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GM Futurliner Progress Photos
GM Futurliner Restoration Project
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2004 - Progress & Work Photos - 2004
The Way It Looks 1/1 Session 01/13/04 Session 01/20/04 Session 01/27/04 Session 02/02/04 Session 02/10/04 Session 02/17/04 Session 03/16/04	Session 03/23/04 Session 03/30/04 Windshield Install Session 04/06/04 Session 04/13/04 Missing Steering Wheel Session 04/20/04 Session 04/27/04	American Crossroads Restoration Headquarters Session 05/11/04 Session 05/18/04 Session 05/25/04 New Trailer 6/29 Fall Session 9/9/04 Doors Removed 9/14/04	Night Test 9/21/04 Session 10/19/04 Session 10/26/04 Session 11/2/04 Session 11/11/04 Session 11/16/04 Session 11/24/04 Session 11/30/04 Session 12/7/04 Session 12/14/04 Presentation

The men contemplate how to correct the sag in the 16' door.	We have a major sag problem with the 16 foot gull wing doors. Ed, Ron, Howard and Don F. tried several different things to reduce the sag. Without going through all the items that they tried, only one was successful, a 1/4" X 4" plate welded perpendicular to the bottom door channel. Just by doing this, the sag was reduced from about 3" to about 3/4". Next week they plan to add two additional 1/4" plates about at the 1/3 and 2/3s locations on this door.
Some of the bracing that has already been used.
	This is a shot of the bottom half of the door as it drops out to increase the size of the stage.
Don Feutz and Ron Elzinga working on piano-hinge on upper door.
For now this is "Wally's World" -- Wally Snow that is. He is rewiring the driver's cockpit.	Miles of wiring, one way or another, make their way to this point.