The grading, retaining wall, steps, foundations and frame are complete and the fence has been relocated. Two cross members will be added as soon as I get the measurements for the two interior posts that will support the roof center beam.  200 - 60 lb. bags of concrete were used to do the wall,steps, foundation's and fence posts.  We have decided to use Pre-Insulated Steel Framed Structural Panels to build the entire structure - floor,walls and ceiling/roof. Below is a mock up of the wall section that is made with steel frame injected with expanded polystyrene beads creating panels from approximately 6 inches wide to 48 inches wide, and a maximum height of 12 feet.  This is the roof beam that will support the 18 roof panels with a small pitch.  Above and below is a section of wall panels that show the upper and lower "C" channels that secure the panels and the tongue and groove  between panels that make them air tight. The studs are laid flat ...

We took the 60 Starliner to the Veterans Day Car Show in Kingman Az on Friday the 11 held in the Wal Mart Parking lot. There was a good turn out with about 100 cars for the fund raiser.  Hackberry Auto Body (Joe) Shelby supercharged Mustang that he bought wrecked and restored. He did the 69 mustang for us and is now working on our 65 Thunderbird.  Good verity of car's, trucks and motorcycle's showed up.  This rat rod is twin turbo charged.  Nice Pontiac convertible.  Karen and Charlie (dog) enjoyed the nice weather.

The 65 T-Bird went to Hackberry Auto body to get the engine compartment and other parts painted. I will get it back in about 2 weeks to install the engine and get it running.  All loaded up and ready to go.  This is at the body shop taking some of the body parts off. The engine compartment had been painted but we decided that we did not like the Chantilly Beige.  The Caboose project is coming along in the two pictures below I am fabricating the frame from 2-1/2 X 8-1/2 channel left over from another project.  The two frame rails are 36' each and I have 14' pieces of channel so each rail is made up of 2-14' with 4' on each end. They were laid out on the shop floor and splice plates were welded on each end and the support legs welded on.  The frame was set on two saw horses and painted.  The foundations are 2'X2'X2.5' blocks and a jack was used to get it level and at the correct height.  This is the second 14' rail fabricat...