It has been awhile since I have posted any truck progress due to a lack of said progress.  The reason for the lack of progress is mostly due to the learning curve that was involved with putting the roof together.  It seems that as with most things taking the roof apart was easy; putting it back less so.

When planning the work on the ’51 I knew that I wanted to pancake the roof.  This is because of the “turret top” style roof.  The story is that the old vehicles had tall roofs so that men could drive them with their hats on.  I don’t know if there is any truth to that story.  I do know that the high roof crown makes the truck look top heavy; this look is accentuated as the glass area is reduced when chopping the top.

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Jack and David received their Bushido Sei Shin Jitsu Blue Belts in this ceremony but since there were so many proud moments, I tried to capture everyone involved in the video.

Know someone whose kid is struggling with a bully or in need of a self-confidence boost? A guy or gal being harassed or succumbing to peer pressure? They should check this out:

Louder is better

Now that the door is a single, solid unit again thoughts go towards cutting the tabs free from the car and getting it on the saw horses to finish it up:

I don’t know about anybody else, but when I drug this rusty hulk home on the trailer and was pushing it into the garage because it obviously couldn’t get there on its own, my wife had an immediate reaction upon seeing it. She said, “It needs to be chopped and you need to suicide the doors.”
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Mercury and Venus will be visible together in some parts of the country low on the western horizon for the first three weeks of this month, but are so close to the Sun that they may not be at all visible. The mountains out here generally obscure any otherwise early evening viewings in that direction… as the Sun is setting, anything closely visible ducks behind the peak before daylight dissipates.

Weather permitting, Jupiter will be easy to see all month. It reached opposition late last month but will still be nearly at its biggest and brightest of the year. The Moon will begin to appear in the eastern sky around 4PM tonight with Jupiter coming above the horizon a little to the North (left) as it starts to get dark, by 5:30 -6PM (UTC 01:30-02:00). It will be hard to miss, being the brightest object in that area. It will be up most of the night, appearing to trail the Moon’s path, and it will be highest in the sky around midnight. Jupiter will be large enough to show detail through even a small telescope with its banded surface and four easily visible moons so we’ should be out on the front porch with ours after dinner.

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