Electric Car Department

We have been very busy lately with special events, but those are now mostly over (with one very large project remaining) and shop work was returning to normal.

Pete Galayda had this bell from the CCW 300 completely refurbished and sitting on the shop bench when we came in.  Of course, everyone just HAD to ring it.

Gerry Dettloff and John Faulhaber helped hoist this heavy item up on the hood and then bolted it in.

While it looks like Gerry is about to scuff his scalp on the roof rafters, it is just the photo angle and perspective.  But this is a RARE shot of Gerry without a hat!

We had a skeleton crew today but that did not stop Lorne Tweed from continuing to make progress on the project.

Lorne is painting the interior of the sides in the standee window areas.  I think all of the remaining ones are now painted and ready to have the rubber gasket and glass installed.  That will make a big impact on the appearance of the car from the outside.

Lorne Tweed is working on the standee window areas inside CTS 4223, our Cleveland PCC car.  Here he is painting the first coat of the interior cream enamel.  This is required to be done before the window itself is installed and put in place.  These oval windows are so named so that riders who are forced to stand in a crowded car can see out.

Simon Harrison is continuing to clean and prep the front sign box for painting.  Tight quarters, but we are cleaning and removing decades of old flaky paint and dirt.

By days end Simon was applying new bright white primer to the inside of the sign box.  The purpose here is similar, that the frame and inside areas are to be painted before mounting the new glass for the sign box.

From the outside looking in, you can see that Simon is enjoying his day of volunteering.  Do you want to be on the outside looking in, or can you join the friendly team of volunteers, and be an insider?

I have added a new category for this project car, probably long overdue.

Lorne Tweed and Simon Harrison (pictured) have joined the project team, and helping breathe new life and progress into this project.  The old sign box innards have been removed and Simon is cleaning and stripping the old layers of rust, dust, and paint from the inside.