I’m going to make this super short. It’s Tuesday morning and George “The Wild Brush is about to show up to help with fiberglass and our canopy.
Actually, I spoke to him last week and he told me that “no problem,” he could help with the canopy. I’ve been sorta concerned about the canopy. It’s like a one-shot deal and must be cut from our precious body. Makes me nervous. We now have the body back from Aircraft Windshields. I picked it up Friday.
Saturday George and Micah came to the headquarters and we put the upper and lower halves of the body in place. George sorta panicked. He didn’t like some of the angles of the top glass.
Micah agreed with him. I had been hoping that everything would be alright in the end, like we would keep making mods until the end and hope for the best outcome. Remember the adage, “Everything will be all right in the end. If it’s not all right, it’s not the end.”
But George was concerned that if everything wasn’t absolutely perfect, Micah would drive the puppy off a cliff. We mounted the top down and I cut out the parachute box. It wasn’t straight. And George coached me to make a couple more walls.
Monday, Micah arrived, and we waited for George. He didn’t show, but Micah and I weighed lead shot for the front tubes and tested the system to hold it in place. Micah aligned the rear wheel.
After Micah peeled out, I nervously cut 5.5 inches off the bottom of the air tech fenders. He’s heading to Arizona this weekend for Papa John’s funeral. Papa was the founder of the Messengers for Recovery.
While I was carefully cutting thin fiberglass fenders with a cut-off wheel, capable of cutting all my fingers off, Frankie rolled in on the FXR I built for his dad. He was having frontend problems, and we spent the next two hours trying to dial it in. He still needs to have the front wheel check and balanced.
George had a doctor’s appointment yesterday and couldn’t change it. It ate his entire day. He’s coming over in about 45 minutes. Keep your fingers crossed that we make some serious progress today.
I’m going to cut this short because I’m working on the Salt Torpedo chapter 20, which should fill in the blanks. Hopefully I will launch it tomorrow.
Keep your fingers crossed that today is a massive success or we die trying.
Ride Fast and Free Forever,
