Wally Snow completes the surface preparation for the outer skin of the left engine access door. He has applied a color-coat and is hand sanding the high spots. Next he prepared the inner door surface area for the color coat. He then checked the condition of the original aluminum bands that run horizontal on the lower portion of the door. He feels that these originals are in good enough shape to be reused once they are polished.
  

   

Sanded and primed the door is ready for a coat of Chevy Target Red. The door is "shot" and dries to a high gloss red. The Futurliner will not be painted piece by piece like this but the men felt it important to complete one piece for show.
  

Gee wiz, ain't that pretty. Volunteers, Bud Dinger and Wes Myrick stand back and admire the finished access door. With a little imagination, one can start to visualize the entire Futurliner completed -- okay, so maybe it takes a lot of "imagination", but at least it's a start.
The door fit perfectly and after a few pictures and some staring at it, it was taken off and safely stored where it wouldn't get damaged.