GM Futurliner Progress Photos
GM Futurliner Restoration Project
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    These are part of the lighting fin. They hold the florescent lights that helped illuminate the show grounds at night.


    Ron and Ed finished the outer surface of the lighting fin. They then transferred it from our Futurliner building to the shop at the other end of the storage building. There, at the end of the day, Connie primed the lighting fin along with the two aluminum arms that raise the fin above the Futurliner. Next Connie painted the final "silver" on these two aluminum arms.


    Ed, Ron and Phil managed to cut, burn and saw out the rusted bolts that were holding the large aluminum arms to the lighting fin. Once they removed them, then the process was started to clean up the lighting fin, grind and sand away all old paint, and start the repairs. The lighting fin is covered in aluminum and we are fortunate that very little corrosion has taken place. We will have to make repairs caused by external damage plus make and install new pins and bushings that allowed the fin to be raised.

    Ron Elzinga and Ed DeVries work on the lighting fin. It looks like Ed is cutting out some metal while Ron run the pry bar.

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