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>From: 	Thom Fitzpatrick[SMTP:thom@calweb.com]
Sent: 	Monday, April 08, 1996 9:26 AM

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Subject:      '54 Deluxe Progress

Spent most of the day sandblasting the "Bilge Bus" and cutting about 10
pounds of useless metal off.

Interesting discovery: when I went to raise the passenger/left side of
the bus, putting the jack under the spring plate cover, and lifted,
the _entire_ rear of the bus came off the ground, and the front wheels
stayed put!!!!  Weird!!

Anyway, it was a very productive day - I used up about 150 punds of sand,
getting most of the passenger side center underbelly done.

Question:  what is the insulation for the heater duct made of on these
early busses?  I hit it with the sand, and it just exploded in a cloud 
of dust.  Doctor! It hurts when I do that...  My eyes are really irritated
today, too, but I got a lot of sand in them as well.  I'm glad I'm 
using the same respirator-type as when I painted!

Thom
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Thom Fitzpatrick 
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Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html

Thom,
I think they were made with asbestos, nasty stuff.

Erik