Pony Progress 2011-03-16

With apologies to John Bunyan…..

slow but steady progress is being made on Silver Pony.

After the frustrations, and finally some information from CSRM, we discovered the physics behind the windows in the car.

All are installed from the outside, directly different from all the other streamliner cars we have been working on.

Soooo, last weekend we spent one day experimenting with techniques. Tried and tried to salvage the gasket material, finally realized it was so stiff and dry-rotted, that it was never going to come apart intact.

OK then, slice away!

first window out on the weekend, 21 to go!

took gasket to our glass shop, and good news.  The glass used , laminated tinted is still in use and available, AND the gasket as well.!!!!

YAAY.

Today Wednesday, with 60 degrees and sun, and armed with an understanding of the design, we managed to get three more windows out , including the first big coach window, which had three inches of water in it.

Another small item we accomplished today was to break open the traps so we might be able to make the car a little more accessible for visits soon, because we might be able to have a staircase alongisde. The car is open most Wednesdays and weekends for volunteers, but will not be open for public until she is on her wheels and safe in a display area.

http://www.irm.org/gallery/CZ-Silver-Pony?page=4

We are not going to have much time for more progress for the next couple of weeks, because we have to prep and set up Barn 3 then Yard 5 for opening in April and May. any interested folks around the museum are welcome to stop in and see the car, i hope to have it open for visits on April 16 for folks that come to the Annual Meeting.