It has been 3 years since I did much of any work on my car. In the past three years I rebuilt a house (remodeled an interior after re-roofing it and fixing the water damage/mold/everything) and then moved into it, all while working through the end of the Shuttle program.
I am still working at the center but now I am back to doing work as a heavy equipment diesel mechanic, what I was before the space center came along. The Shuttle caused me a ton of troubles the last couple years because of schedule changes, one week I'd be third shift and the next first. Add in family and life in general and I have had no time for car play. The car has been at my buddy Earl's house for the past few years. I took it there to use his rotisserie and that is where I stopped, once it was on the ground. I was helping him do a bunch of welding and stuff on his fleet of cars. He worked with me at the center but was laid off back in July after Atlantis landed. He started a restoration business and has been doing OK but his house is now 30-40 minutes one way from my house, where we were about 5 apart.
I'm going to bring the car back here for a while to do some work on it and get it ready for paint. Earl is going to do the body work and paint, I was going to but will never get done of I do. He has several projects so my car is way down the road before he would be ready so I have decided to start partial assembly of it (engine/dash/etc.). Now I have to figure out where the hell I put the parts and get a game plan together for getting done. I've been "working" this car since April of 2003 so it is long past time to get it done. I had wanted to finish it in time to take pictures infront of the launch pad with a Shuttle but that won't happen now
http://classiccarcreations.net/ is Earl's website if anyone is wonder who this guy is He does mostly 55-57 Chevy work but has been working on one of the movie cars from "Christine". He is anal about the work he does so I fee good about having him do the body/paint. I was originally swapping my labor for his but as I said life got in my way. I did learn quite a few things on 57 Chevy cars though.
Anyway, I'll post pics when I get the rustang to it's new home.
I am still working at the center but now I am back to doing work as a heavy equipment diesel mechanic, what I was before the space center came along. The Shuttle caused me a ton of troubles the last couple years because of schedule changes, one week I'd be third shift and the next first. Add in family and life in general and I have had no time for car play. The car has been at my buddy Earl's house for the past few years. I took it there to use his rotisserie and that is where I stopped, once it was on the ground. I was helping him do a bunch of welding and stuff on his fleet of cars. He worked with me at the center but was laid off back in July after Atlantis landed. He started a restoration business and has been doing OK but his house is now 30-40 minutes one way from my house, where we were about 5 apart.
I'm going to bring the car back here for a while to do some work on it and get it ready for paint. Earl is going to do the body work and paint, I was going to but will never get done of I do. He has several projects so my car is way down the road before he would be ready so I have decided to start partial assembly of it (engine/dash/etc.). Now I have to figure out where the hell I put the parts and get a game plan together for getting done. I've been "working" this car since April of 2003 so it is long past time to get it done. I had wanted to finish it in time to take pictures infront of the launch pad with a Shuttle but that won't happen now
http://classiccarcreations.net/ is Earl's website if anyone is wonder who this guy is
He does mostly 55-57 Chevy work but has been working on one of the movie cars from "Christine". He is anal about the work he does so I fee good about having him do the body/paint. I was originally swapping my labor for his but as I said life got in my way. I did learn quite a few things on 57 Chevy cars though. Anyway, I'll post pics when I get the rustang to it's new home.
