RESTORATION UPDATE

I’ve had a couple of requests for an update on the restoration of the RHD BN2.  I guess someone actually reads this blog after all!

Things are progressing nicely.  We picked up the repaired and painted chassis last Tuesday (January 26).  That was a long day since we picked up the enclosed trailer in Portland, drove to Eugene where we picked up the chassis, and then delivered the chassis to Hood River and returned the trailer to Portland.  That’s roughly 350 miles.

Anyway, here it is in the trailer as we prepared to depart Eugene:

That’s as Carmine as Carmine Red can get, and yes, that’s the car’s original color.

Kent has begun the reassembly and I’ll be joining him in Hood River for a four-day visit soon to work on it together.  We’re not planning to finish it in time for Conclave in May.

After the reassembly it will need to go back to the shop in Eugene (another 350-mile day) for installation of the outer body and final paint, and everything takes longer than you think.

I believe the operative saying is, “The first 90 of the project consumes 90 percent of the time and the budget, and the last 10 percent consumes the other 90 percent of the time and budget.”

We shall see, but either way I’m predicting a fabulous result.