Work was focused on
getting the letters (GENERAL MOTORS and PARADE OF PROGRESS for each
side) ready for the final buffing operation. Most of the crew took
the same operations that they did last week with again Ryan doing
the instructing and being INSPECTOR GENERAL. Those doing the hand
filing were Paul, Del, Dick, Don and Marty. Next Fred, Bud and Ryan
were using small air tools to prepare the edges of each letter.
Marty also was bolting the individual pieces on plywood so the belt
sanders as well as the DA sanders could be used. Once the final
sanding was done the individual pieces were taken to Ron. At the end
of the day each letter was completed through the sanding operation.
Ron has a stack of letters waiting him for next week.
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Bud Dinger, Paul Prinzing work on buffing aluminum pieces of the
Futurliner lettering.
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Del Carpenter and Howard Sullivan work together on sanding down one
of the bigger pieces before final buffing.
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Finished buffed trim
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Finished buffed trim
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Fred Carpenter working on a piece of trim.
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Aluminum letters before buffing.
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Don Mayton and Paul Prinzing doing some detail work on small pieces.
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Marty Reed doing some hand sanding.
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Del Carpenter doing some detail polishing on a piece.
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Group working in the shop on sanding and buffing.
Art Meidema, Dick Saddler and Martin Reed working together on
letters.
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Dick Saddler filing off some rough edges.
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Art Meidema., Conrad DeJong, Ed DeVries enjoy a little sunshine and
fresh air.
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The front and rear rubber bumpers are
about 4" thick, 12" high, and 60" wide. They were
mounted to the front and rear center of the Futurliner and have a
curve that matches the vehicle itself. When we received our
Futurliner all the rubber bumper sections were missing. The front is
made up of two large sections and the rear four sections that make
up the dimensions listed. Fortunately the donated Futurliner that
Brad in California disassembled for us had most of the missing
sections except one. Today, Ed, Connie, Art, and Stan constructed a
frame to shape the rubber bumpers to the correct arc. They then
mounted steel plates to the rear of the bumper and then using a
mechanical press shaped the correct arc in the front bumper. They
still have a lot of repair to make on this front bumper section.
Jim continued to work on the rear bumper. He has
a made a drawing and plans to fabricate one one bumper section that
we are missing by stacking various thickness' of rubber.
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Jim Baker and Art Meidema contemplating over one of the sections of
the rear rubber bumpers.
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