[JCAllison]

Hey All,
Saturday, August 7, 2019, Late Afternoon/Early Evening Update:

Had a bit of a REMARKABLE experience with Ms. American 3.14159 this morning.

As you may or may not know, or even care to know, but Ms. American has a running mate, a 1967 Dodge P200 Post Office Vehicle, whose name is Lorrie Van Haul.

When either vehicle is being worked on and is not able to be driven, the OTHER one takes on the duty as the Daily Driver. Ms. American is in THAT mode at this time because Lorrie has had her Gemmer Y4D-335 Right Hand Drive Manual Steering Gear Box removed in order to have Lares Corporation in Cambridge, Minnesota rebuild it.

Have done a couple of years of anticipation in preparation for this event, and the past two months modifying Lorrie's Sheet Metal Center Section to make it removable, and replaceable in order to be able to remove the Gemmer Gear Box, which has a nearly 5'-0" Steering Shaft that is integral with the Worm Gear in the Gemmer's Gear Case.

After all the preparation, it took but four hours to extract the Gemmer from where it was connected to the outside of Lorrie Starboard Front Frame Rail.

It was subsequently cleaned and made ready to be shipped to Lares Corporation.

In order to ship it, had to make a Shipping Case. Was going to make it out of 1/4" Plywood, but when Ms. American and I went to the Hanson's Lumber Yard, found that they were no longer in the Lumber business.

So, Lorrie's Gemmer's Shipping Case was made out of SCRAP materials left over from numerous OTHER projects that were done during the past thirty years here at the AllisonWonderland Compound in the Forest of Deep East Texas.

Had spent a week fabricating a very nice Shipping Case for the Gemmer, and this morning it was finished. The Gemmer was secured inside the Shipping Case which was then wrapped with Corrugated Pasteboard which had formerly been a Water Heater Box.

The Shipping Case turned out to be 1'-0"X 1'-0"X 5'-0" EXACTLY.

Had to load it into the Back Seat Area of Ms. American, which doesn't have the Back Seat in place.

Put a Blanket, and a heavy Quilt on the Ms. American's Floor, and put the Gemmer's Shipping Case in, and closed the door. Had rolled down all the Windows, and when I checked to see how everything fitted, found that the distance between the Rear Seat's Arm Rests was EXACTLY 5'-1/4"! There was EXACTLY 1/8"clearance between each end of the Shipping Case, and the Rear Seat Arm Rests!

The upshot of all this is that Lorrie's Gemmer's Shipping Case is, as of 10:00 a.m., on its way to Cambridge, Minnesota, scheduled to arrive on Friday, August 9, 2019.

Ms. American came through FLAWLESSLY yet again!

Anyway, will keep you all updated if, when, and as progress occurs. Take care everyone.

JC