This is an update on the 1960 Edsel station wagon project that was started in 2008. The engine was removed , striped down to the block and heads and taken to Baileys machine shop in Mesa AZ near Phoenix.  While the engine was being rebuilt I started to assemble the rest of the car to see what parts were missing.  The tailgate was missing the inside cover (above) and a new one fabricated and installed (below) along with the chrome strips.  The rear chrome, latch and handle were there and worked, but the shoulder bolts that support the rear hatch had to be made on my lathe. The back up light lens are in bad shape and cracked, the station wagon lens (4) are longer than a sedan and I have not been able to find any replacements. The gravel pan is missing but one is available from Dennis Carpenter.  All the rusty parts were sand blasted and painted using my small blaster.   Inner-fenders had been blasted and primed but sat around so long...

I have been out of commission for the last 2 months with some health problems that ended up with surgery the 3rd of April and had to cancel the Good Guys Scottsdale show along with a couple other car shows we usually do. So the 3rd week of April we decided to go to Monument Valley that is 7 miles into Utah just across the Arizona border in the 4 corners area.  We made reservations at Goulding's campground and RV park that is well kept, clean and level RV spots.  The area around the campground is beautiful and across from the Valley its self (photo below)  The next day we signed up for the 31/2 hour tour that covers a 17 mile loop through Monument Valley and some back country and waited in front of the store for the 9 AM start.  The tour is in a converted 1 ton truck that can carry 16 people with a Plexiglas front wind shield and roll down side curtains.  Goulding's motel / lodge, restaurant and museum is located about a mile from the RV...