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I wish I had
video of the body and chassis coming back together, but it happened so
quick I didn't even have time to snap a picture. Here's the story.
While I was painting the
442's body on the rotisserie, George Landis of Tyrone GA was rebuilding
the engine and 4 speed manual transmission. As soon as the body came
off of the rotisserie I repainted the frame with a low gloss enamel. I
delivered the frame to George. He installed the restored front and rear
suspension as well as the drive train. I picked up the completed rolling
chassis and took it to our weekly Boy Scout Troop meeting. I went back
home and picked up the body that was temporarily mounted to a rolling
dolly. We lined the body up behind the chassis and waited for the boys to
arrive to the meeting. They were very excited to see the cool old car. I
told them that after the meeting we would be conducting a team building exercise.
They couldn't wait.
After the meeting I had a
brief discussion about our exercise. I stressed the importance of safety,
and the "irreplaceablity" of the body and frame. We discussed
different jobs for different sized Scouts. The biggest ones were
strategically located around the body first. The smallest ones were given
flash lights and body bolts and told to "direct" the body into
place. The rest of the boys filled in the gaps around the body. I believe
between 15 and 20 boys participated. On the count of three they all lifted
together. "1-2-3 step, 1-2-3 step, like clockwork. The body was over
the frame in less than a minute, lined up in less than three. They started
all of the body bolts, but followed my instructions to leave them loose.
It usually takes me half a day by myself and a couple of floor jacks to do
what they did in five minutes. What a team! |
