While I'm waiting for the Thunderbird to go to Hackbeery Auto Body for the engine compartment to be painted, that should be next week, I will work on the Caboose project. We have picked out a color for the T-Bird that is "Blazin Copper" or burnt orange. After the engine compartment is painted it will come back to me for the engine installation and to get it running then back to the body shop for final body work and paint.  The three pictures below is the retaining wall being built that is 2 feet tall and 40 feet long.  The finished wall.  Stairs being formed and pored with stones set in the tops of each one.  Finished 5' wide steps and upper & lower landing slabs.  The wall and steps took 130 bags of 60 lb. concrete.  Next the grading will be finished then the 10 foundation's will be laid out, dug and poured with the steel frame. The plan is to have the finished floor at the same height as the top of the wall to make easy acce...

  For the past year when we go to Costco in Prescott, as there is none in Kingman, there is a Caboose right off I-40 near Ashfork  that my wife points out every time we pass it. This last trip she said that she has always wanted a Caboose and wanted to know if we could find one. When we checked into it they are very expensive and the cost to bring one to our property made it too costly for us to afford. During the search online we found a person in southern California  (Dogpatch and Western Railroad) that offers a kit with plans to build you own replica Caboose, so we sent for the plans and decided to build a Caboose. First thing to do is pick and clear a location and we decided to put it on the north side of the house behind the RV shelter.  The chain link fence was taken down and there was a lot of stored material that must be moved. The RV shelter is behind the tree.  These are looking from the RV shelter up towards the house showing what had t...

After a year and 1000 man hours the 69 Mustang is ready to give back to my son and grandson for the final up grades (when they can afford it) like  wheels & tires,alignment, re-upholster seats, radio, some of the interior knobs and handles. The car is ready to drive with new tires and alignment.  The color is "Granite Silver" that is close to a 65 Mustang Gunmetal Gray. New windshield, door glass and rear glass seal was done by Jim's House of Glass in Kingman.  The interior of the car was cleaned and I was able to save the dash, seats and door panels. The head liner and carpet has been replaced.      The rebuilt 302 engine with new goodies turned out grate and runs real good. The transmission, rear end and suspension has been rebuilt.  Below are a few pictures of the car when we started this project. Next project is the 65 Thunderbird that has been started and I am waiting for Joe at...

September 22 to 25 the River Cruzers held there 25th Rodden on the River car show at the Riverside Resort in Laughlin Nevada that we took the 60 Ford Starliner to. The show runs Thursday to Saturday with the awards on Sunday morning. The new grills and paint looks grate.  There was a good turn out with a wide verity of cars and trucks.  This is a miniature that is 1/3 the size of a normal car.  The Starliner shows very well at these local car shows and gets a lot of attention.  Karen comes down with me in the morning and stays at the camper in the RV park in the afternoon with Charley (our dog). The Riverside Resort has a very nice RV park across the street from the Casino. This was Saturday morning and at 8:30 there was a cruse up Laughlin Blvd. with most of the cars in the show went on the 10 mile parade, the new suspension preformed grate.  This is also a miniature car with a miniature boat and trailer behind it you can see the other one ...