Started to take the car apart for cleanup and prep for paint. In this picture the front fenders, side glass & regulators, rear end and interior have been removed with one of the rotisserie units bolted to the front frame.  Hoisted the back of the car with the overhead hoist and put jack stands under it so I could work under the car. The gas tank came right out and is in good condition and will be reused. With the rear end removed it should have been easy to remove the leaf springs, the driver side came right out, the left one front bolt was frozen in the spring, and I tried a hydraulic press, penetrating oil, and heat then ended up having to cut the bolt out with a cut off wheel. You can see a rusted-out place on the passenger side Inner fender that will be repaired.  Once on the rotisserie it was turned up on its side and pressured washed. I used a degreaser product and dawn soap mix to scrub down the bottom then pressure washed it again. The dirt and road grime came off,...

 I decided it was time to start a new project car and started watching Craigs List and Facebook marketplace and found a couple of cars with little or no rust and most of the parts with them. The one in Kingman was sold before I could get the money together and ended up going to Victorville California, a couple weeks later, for a 1968 Mustang coupe.   I selected a Mustang because of the parts that are available for them as almost everything is remanufactured now days. We bought car trailer a couple of months ago and put it to good use on this project car.  The car came with a 1989 302 (5.0) engine with GT40 heads and T5 transmission (that are out of the car) and an extra 9" rear end with a disc brake setup, front coil overs, set of headers, front disc brakes (calipers only), new Painless wiring harness (as well as the original), new aluminum radiator and a bunch of extra parts. There is a new padded dash but all the gauges and radio are missing. I'm currently taking the ca...

 I guess I was on a roll after the solar project as I continued to look for an additional project to use up some of the materials that has been collected over the years. The largest being the 4'X8' & 4'X10' AIRLIGHT building panels from Wanessa-Sue Inc. that are the same construction as the ones used for the caboose project, posted a few years ago.  The RV Shelter is completely home made from 2' heavy wall conduit for posts and trusses, 2x4's, and Home Depot metal siding and roof panels. The side and end wall have been insulated with 5 1/2" panels that were free from Wanessa-Sue as they were flawed and not sellable. The existing mezzine is 20' wide by 8' deep built in 2007 that has been used for storage and car restoration projects. The concrete slab is 20' X 10' and we were going to extend it 20' but decided the cost was too much. A Laser level was used to get the elevation level correct for the 10'exrension to the next 2' p...

Our existing solar system is 20 years old and needed to be updated. I contacted Wind and Solar (NAZ Solar) in Flagstaff for advice and cost for a new system and they recommended a Hybrid Sol-Ark inverter with 400-watt solar panels and had all components in stock. We ordered the new system, and I started taking the old one down. Existing main panel with solar disconnect. Old solar panels. Existing 3000 watt inverter. Next 3 is the existing 20 year old panels. Existing 18 panels are 175 watt. It took 2 weeks to take the existing system down and to receive the new components. New 18–400-watt panels are 5' 8' tall and 3' 8' wide and too large for me to handle myself. My son and 2 of my grandsons came from California over the weekend to put the new panels in place. New Sol-Ark 15K inverter and battery system. Below is the existing support system that was reused. Hope this new system will last another 20 years.