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The back rib/support section is in progress, and the tins and shroud are mocked. Sandblasting and powdercoat are only three days away now.
The third picture is the napkin-grease-pencil-hurried-sketch operating plan we came up with just before we started in with the recip saw on the three-quarter box tubing at ten this morning.
The rest of the photos from today are in the paininthebug folder.
Three weeks to the big PA show, and six weeks' work left to do. I have no fingernails left, I'm out of cigars and the fridge is empty of Cokes. Time for a delicious and refreshing barley-pop, I think.
Luckily, The Girl is in Miami for a few days, so I can burn some midnight oil with the "wheeled mistress."

4/26/067:01 PM

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The back rib/support section is in progress, and the tins and shroud are mocked. Sandblasting and powdercoat are only three days away now.
The third picture is the napkin-grease-pencil-hurried-sketch operating plan we came up with just before we started in with the recip saw on the three-quarter box tubing at ten this morning.
The rest of the photos from today are in the paininthebug folder.
Three weeks to the big PA show, and six weeks' work left to do. I have no fingernails left, I'm out of cigars and the fridge is empty of Cokes. Time for a delicious and refreshing barley-pop, I think.
Luckily, The Girl is in Miami for a few days, so I can burn some midnight oil with the "wheeled mistress."

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Corey,
I'm looking at your pictures and all the inovation and work that you're doing. Amazing!
Maybe you covered this before. Did you consider going mid-engine? What changed your mind?

Greg B

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Greg, honestly, I had never seen a 550 before. Never really looked at a 914, either. If I had it to do over again, the 550 would be the answer. The linkage scares me a little, though. Better to learn on a Bug platform.

5/9/064:59 PM

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Cory: I have studied your secret plan very carefully and I believe that will make an excellent helmet.

5/9/065:58 PM

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