Wally Snow completes the surface preparation for the outer skin of the left
engine access door. He has applied a color-coat and is hand sanding the
high spots. Next he
prepared the inner door surface area for the color coat. He then checked the condition of the original aluminum bands that run horizontal
on the lower portion of the door. He feels that these originals are in
good enough shape to be reused once they are polished.
Sanded and primed the
door is ready for a coat of Chevy Target Red. The door is
"shot" and dries to a high gloss red. The Futurliner
will not be painted piece by piece like this but the men felt it
important to complete one piece for show.
Gee wiz, ain't that pretty. Volunteers, Bud Dinger and Wes Myrick stand
back and admire the finished access door. With a little
imagination, one can start to visualize the entire Futurliner
completed -- okay, so maybe it takes a lot of
"imagination", but at
least it's a start.
The door fit perfectly and after a few pictures and some staring
at it, it was taken off and safely stored where it wouldn't get
damaged.