Futurliner Progress photos for 2/19/03.

GM Futurliner Progress Photos
GM Futurliner Restoration Project
National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States

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2003 - Progress & Work Photos - 2003
The Way It Looks 1/1/2003 Bottom Half Painted Work Session 1/21 Carbs Session 1/28 Kalamazoo Swap Meet 2/1 Session 2/4 Session 2/11 Session 2/18 Session 2/24 Final Paint 3/4 Session 3/11	Session 3/18 Paint Progress Session 3/25 Session 4/1 Session 4/8 Lady In Red Ready for Trim Adding the Trim GM Letters Session 4/21 Session 4/22 Session 4/29	Session 4/30 Session 5/5 Session 5/6 Session 5/12 Session 5/19-20 Session 5/24 Session 6/2-3 Test Drive 6/9 Wheel Falls Off 6/9 Prepared to Travel 6/16 Eyes on Design 6/23 Lowboy Trailer 9/30	Light Housing 10/21 Wiring 10/21 Weather Seals 10/21 Electrical 10/28 Session 11/4 Session 11/11 Tire Mold 11/18 Session 11/24 Session 12/8 Last Session for '03

Ryan DeVries unrolls layout sheets. We thank Joel Dirnberger from Minnesota who was able to produce full scale precision layout sheets for mounting of the cast aluminum lettering on the upper sides of the Futurliner. This is a tremendous help in determining which goes where. They arrived in a large tube just in time for the work session. Thanks again Joel.	On both sides of the Futurliner are cast aluminum letters making up the words "GENERAL MOTORS" and "PARADE OF PROGRESS". When this project started Charlie Glick in Paris, Illinois cast us new letters, as our Futurliner had none. There are a total of 44 aluminum castings and this past weekend Ryan DeVries drilled and tapped the mounting holes for these letters. There were a total of 194 holes to be tapped.
Ryan DeVries is lining up the layout.	Ed and son Ryan DeVries attach the layout.
The layout sheet is almost secured.	Close up view of the layout sheet.
New volunteer, Paul Prinzing, coats bolt heads in wheel wells.	Don Mayton prepares marker light holes. Bud Dinger looks on, Jim Baker in back ground.

Tom Kuhlman drills holes for mounting the large rubber side trim pieces. The drilling was slow as it had to go through three thickness of metal, including the frame. Tom rigged up something he referred to as the Arkansas drill press. It speeded up the process by 10 fold!