Red is for your coat so shiny.
Blue is where we put our heinies.
Green, well green's another story,
Green's what it takes to restore your glory!
Paul Russell & Co. rustlers, that is. Derrick Dunbar, Foreman Coach Trimmer and Andy Hilton, Production Manager, specifically. Now the Alfatross is finally headed back to Santa Fe where it will be reunited with its engine, wiring harness, lights, running gear, and all its other original elements.
With only 34 days to go before "show time", it's going to be pedal to the metal to make the Arizona Coucours d'Elegance on January 24th, 2016.
Blue is where we put our heinies.
Green, well green's another story,
Green's what it takes to restore your glory!
Alfatross Beset by Russllers!
Paul Russell & Co. rustlers, that is. Derrick Dunbar, Foreman Coach Trimmer and Andy Hilton, Production Manager, specifically. Now the Alfatross is finally headed back to Santa Fe where it will be reunited with its engine, wiring harness, lights, running gear, and all its other original elements. With only 34 days to go before "show time", it's going to be pedal to the metal to make the Arizona Coucours d'Elegance on January 24th, 2016.
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| Not quite finished yet, but you get the idea . . . Andy Hilton. |
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| The front seats are light-weight, ventilated, and covered with dark blue vinyl on the bolsters and a lighter shade of more "grippy" blue suede vinyl on the seat back and bottom. Derrick Dunbar. |
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| The "back seat"--perhaps for children--is rudimentary with respect to comfort, but looks pretty sharp! Note that although the different photos show the same material in the same color, they all look different due to different lighting and camera and computer settings. Andy Hilton. |
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| A shot of the carpeting going in. The dashboard has not yet been installed. Yellow tape covers painted surfaces vulnerable to damage during restoration. Derrick Dunbar. |
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| Now the front seats are in and you can see the door panel installed on the passenger's side. Seat belts were not mandatory or normally installed in the mid 1950s, but we chose to install them for safety sake in case future owners occasionally choose to partake of "spirited driving". Andy Hilton. |
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| Derrick has done a super job of restoring the original door panels and trim. When The Alfatross gets back to Santa Fe Tim Marinos will install the the Plexiglas windows and wind deflector, window winders, and door opener levers. Derrick Dunbar. |
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| The Spartan back seat. The inset three-button panel on the seat is unique among The Alfatross' brethren. Andy Hilton. |
