The second trip down was put on hold due to the annual "March Madness". That's not the NCAA tournament mind you but rather the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. As Nick Nolte famously said in DC Cab, "I don't work on January 8th cuz that's Elvis' birthday", so goes for all Wilson's as "they don't work in March cuz that's rodeo time".
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| Chad, Christina, Patti and Dad |
At this point we were really cooking along. We already had all the floor pans cut out and we were thinking this was all the cutting and welding we had to do...boy was that way off!
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| We knew the floor would need repair |
Here Katherine is joining in the fun and deciding what she wants to cut with that saws-all. Little did she know at that time that this 6 month project was going to be oh so much longer. She probably would have cut me if she knew then what she knows now, hehe.
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| It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt...some foreshadowing here |
Back then it was a family affair and even Donald was helping wrench on some things. He's fighting the driver side headers at this point so we can pull the motor.
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| I have to stick my hand up in there?? |
We had our share of funny moments too.
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| Have to protect those bony legs |
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| Katherine getting a dirty look for taking a picture |
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| He's saying "If this was my car, I'd slap some paint on it as is and be racing already" |
There were also things that took more than one person.
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| Just loosen this one bolt and get this fender off |
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| How many bolts ARE there holding this fender on? |
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| Finally got it off but no where to put it |
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| If I push and you pull maybe it will fit |
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| Why are there so many holes in it? |
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| You can hold it, I'll stand over here when he is cutting |
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| More standing and watching |
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| Almost a plumber |
So with that we wrapped up the weekend and I headed back to Dallas. We had the front end partially disassembled and the floors cut and fitted. Moving right along.
