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Subject: 56X BUICK SESSION OCT 23 2012
Volunteers: Jim Baker, Al Batts, Del Carpenter, Dick Chambers, Connie DeJong, Ron Elzinga, Don Feutz, Don Mayton, Art Meidema, Dick Saddler, Chuck Snow.
Al Batts continues to do the photo documentation through all his photos.
Photo #1, shows the deck lid (trunk) painted on the sides with the light blue. Next week the center will be painted the dark blue. We want to see the final colors together so that we can make sure these colors duplicate what V.P. Bill Mitchell had in mind when he had the car designed. We we are really pleased with the color with a slight hint of metallic as we found the original paint had on the car. Connie and Art have been doing all the painting.
Photo #2 shows Dick Chambers doing final primer sanding at the rear below the deck lid area.
Photo #3 shows Dick Saddler working on preparing the front bumper for chrome plating. This is very slow tedius work.
Photo #4 shows Jim Baker on the right working on the swivel power seat mechanism, next is Dick Sadder working on the front bumper, then Ron Elzinga and Connie working on the bumper bomb.
Photos #5 & 6 shows Connie filling a low area on the bumper bomb for Ron to take out a low area.
Photo #7 shows the "gun sights' that are mounted on top of the front fenders of the 56X. Although their design looks exactly like those on the front fender of a 1958 Buick
Limited they are different in size. The Buick Limited "gun sights" are 3" in diameter and 1/2" thick whereas the Buick 56X "gun sights" are 2-5/8" in diameter and only 1/4" thick. This pair of one-of-a-kind parts must be saved as they are the only ones in existance. Here you can see the before and after of Don Feutz's craftsmanship work on removing all the imperfections. Again this is slow detail work.
Don Mayton continueds to work mounting the fastening screws in the "CENTURY" script.
Chuck Snow has built some armatures for both between the front and read seats in order to make the consoles that go between the front and read bucket seats.
Chuck has also been working the internet as well as the phone trying to find someone who can restore our original steering wheel. This steering wheel is different as it has a soft rubber coating on both the hand grip as well as the horn ring.
Del has been picking up some individual jobs like sand blasting small parts and getting the painters to prepare them. He also has been gathering all the black metal parts that get bolted to the fire wall. He has been sand blasting original screws to make sure we use the right fasteners.
Following this e-mail will be a later e-mail with a short 1929-55X update.
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