It was a sunny but cool day for the first work session of the new year. We received a large box of tubing for the shelter (on the left, above), but some of the pieces are the wrong size and will have to be returned. Nevertheless, Bob continued with preparation of the post holes on the sunny side of the car (right, above), that were only partially frozen.
Meanwhile, dismantling of the car interior continued, with removal of the windows and window trim (above, left). Craig (above, right) is carefully stacking what has been removed. We are covering the windows with plastic to provide some protection from the cold, assuming the shelter won't be completed in the near future.
We can use space heaters inside the car to improve the work environment.
Rich (above, left) is removing old nails from the lumber that has been removed. Duncan (above, right) is making the "storm windows" for the car.
The two photos above show detail of one of the boards removed from between the windows. On the left is the interior side showing the milling that is present throughout the interior of the car. On the right is the reverse side of the same board showing the number "470" written in pencil. Several boards with this number have been found which leads us to conclude that 470 is the original number of the car.
More later.
Worksite preparation and car restoration are now considered separate projects, although we all may be working on one or the other at different times depending on need. We received the correct poles for the shelter structure this week, and have begun the process of setting them so that they will be stable and not sink into the ground under load. In the upper photo the project engineers are conferring as to the best way to accomplish this, as well as waiting for the ground to thaw a bit. The sunny side (shown) is not too bad, but the other side is in the shade, and will be somewhat more fun. The photo below on the right shows the hard working crew preparing the foundation.
