My wife brought an Auto Rotisserie for the Kaiser Project as it is "Karen's Kaiser." The Picture shows the body mounted on it with the T-Bird floor, Drive Line Tunnel, and Console in place. This picture shows the car rotated so the bottom can be welded and finished. I had to fabricate new body to frame mounting/support brackets for the front half of the the body as the Kaiser floor sloped upward from the door to the transmission hump at the T-Bird is flat. The Front Bucket seats have been fitted with newly fabricated brackets to move them 6" forward from the T-bird location and rear seat springs and frame had to be modified to fit around the blisters for the four link suspension. There is still some rusty floor pan parts to be replaced but it should be a lot easier with this new cool tool. Suicide door hinges for the rear door were ordered from Electric Life that will be the next step in this project.

We did not make the Rod Run and Car Show in Prescott with the 60 Starliner due to our trip north, but there is another run in August we will try & make. The 51 Ford is still in LA The new glass has been made, body work is complete, the trunk build out is now being done and an Air Ride System has been ordered that should arrive this week. The aqua blue 66 T-Bird runs, the only part I had to buy was an alternator so I upgraded it to a 1 wire while I was at it. Still need to fix A/C System (frozen A/C compressor), vacuum controls (door locks, e brake release, etc.) & Rub out the paint. I have leaned a lot about the 66 T-Birds that will be helpful when I restore the blue bird. The 1953 Kaiser is coming along with the 66 T-Bird floor pan, console and seats being installed. I had to cut down the X member of the frame 2" to accommodate the dropped floor pan in front of the rear seat. Now that the floor pan and drive line tunnel fit the frame I will pre-fit it to the body before I...

We have been in Northern California since last friday. My beloved oldest grandson died on Sunday June 11th. Services will be held Saturday June 23, 2007 at the Hessel Church 11 a.m. I will post about cars when we get home again. Ron

Got a wonderful surprise in the mail today. When we did the Route 66 Fun Run (May 5-6)in Kingman we won an award for best custom from Roth Metal Flake The last few weekends we have gone to "Whataburger" in Kingman Arizona for the Saturday night get together. This last Saturday we went to the Powerhouse in Kingman for the 6th annual car show. Got to meet lots of new people, and see some really great cars. This Saturday we are going to Prescott for another car show. We drive Route 40 and get lots of waves and horn honking in acknowledgement of the car. Finished welding the floor boards (T-Bird) in Kaiser. Started in the back and will work forward. the 1966 T-Bird (Blue) runs good and I am waiting for a new Alternator before I take it out on the Highway.

New [Old] T-Bird 66 Now I have 3 66 (3windows) T-Birds. Spent 4 days getting the blue one running. This one has A/C, power vent windows, and power seats. Hopefully, it will be a driver. Started on the Kaiser -T-Bird floor pan installation. Picture shows the T-Bird floorpan in Kaiser before cutting.

Went to visit old friends and family. Friday, spent the day with an old high school friend. He collects old trucks and Jags. Had absolutely wonderful time visiting and he wanted to catch up with a really old time friend I hadn't seen for over 40 years. 40 Ford One Ton Truck 196? Jaguar with v 12 1949 -50 Ford 1 1/2 ton flatbed 194? 1 1/2 ton Military support vehicle for Chuck Yaeger when he broke the sound barrier. Off we went to visit Fred Stokes and his world largest Oil Can Collection (over 7,000 cans). He has a car show each year and you can visit a photo album of 2006 and 2007 shows Mr. F. Stokes oil can collection considered to be the largest in the world. 1932 Roadster with a stroker small block chevy. 32 Roadster with a super charged Hemi in it. Spent Saturday helping one of my sons put a motor in his bronco while Karen visited with her daughter and went shopping. Finding clothes here in Kingman for a six foot tall wife isn't fun. Much easier in Sonoma County. P...

Went on the Fun Run Saturday and it was a blast driving from Seligman to Kingman Arizona. Next morning when I warmed up the car for Sunday run from Kingman to Topak, thru Oatman there was no reverse, so we had to take a different car. Monday, I pulled the transmission and Tuesday took it to TIM DEAL TRANSMISSIONS in Huntington Beach, CA. (714)848 5504. He found the shifting plunger located in the valve body, had slipped out of the shift lever. The shift linkage is worn and a little sloppy in the car and when put in Park it traveled past the position and allowed the plunger to slip out of the shift lever fork. Tim found nothing else wrong and put the tranny back together so I would not have to make a 2nd run to LA. I made a bracket to limit the travel of the shifter arm and tightened up the linkage. While in LA I visited the 51. The doors are being fitted to the body and glass is being made. As soon as the fitting and glass retainer work is done it will get painted. Put the Sta...