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Here's a shot of my late friend Rob Wood's Pitts Special. It's a homebuilt S-1S with Sparcraft wings, built from plans in 1974 by James Killough. Rob bought it in 1994 and competed with it in IAC competitions. Rob was killed in a Navy helicopter crash in 1996. I've owned the airplane since then, and flew it extensively in 1997-1998. It went into storage while we lived overseas from 1998-2001. I planned to get the Pitts flying again in 2001, but after being laid off post 9-11 the money wasn't there to get the airplane flight worthy. It remains in storage today, but when the money and time come together, it will return to the air.

F-250 crossmembers

These pictures are posted for the benefit of my friends on the FTE Ford truck website...

Rear most crossmember under tailgate

Posted for the benefit of a classic Shasta trailer interest website.

Got interested in vintage trailers of all things. Here's a 1962 Shasta, circa 1963, that I found online. Love the wings...

Original Ford truck seats from 1956

Here's the best example of an original seat that I've ever seen.

They normally look like this:

56 Ford Bed dimensions

Getting the truck running

Got the garage cleaned out today. Deb suggested one last dump run with the old truck before I tear it apart for the big restoration, so I dutifully got it running and re-rigged tail lights. The thing barely fits in the garage. Here's a pic: