Fred, Ron and Art continued to buff the aluminum as well as the recently painted surfaces. Due to all the buffing that has taken place a lot of clean up of the buffing materials has been going on cleaning out this material from the joints of each aluminum piece. The only way to do this is with toothbrushes. Carol provided about 10 toothbrushes today and Don F. and Fred worked at this operation.

Connie completed the wet sanding and buffing of one of the rear doors.

Art prepared and painted the door jam "red" on the right lower 16' door. There was an area on the right front of the cab that also had to be repainted that Art took care of.

Howard and Paul continued to fabricate and weld in place the support structure for the false ceiling and walls in the display area. Howard also donated some steel channel that he and Paul installed. Al S. took on the job of laying out the placement of the overhead lights that will go into the ceiling. In addition he has been experimenting with different light bulbs in the fixtures we will be using to get maximum lighting with as little heat as can be obtained. Al B. had to make a run to the local hardware to obtain all the electrical components that will be required.

Left: Wes Myrick starts restoration of the footrest bar for the cab.
Above: Wes Myrick and John Wissink work on dismantling the footrest bar for restoration.

Left and Above: Dick Saddler and Marty Reed make templates for upholstery. 

Left: The Great Blue Heron out in the field still has not moved. This was the bird I was excited to see and wanted to get a picture of. Found out later, it's not real!