tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post800814966225589533..comments2024-03-24T11:33:56.203-05:00Comments on Hicks Car Works: ARM Convention 1978 - UpdatedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-51696145619698645822010-10-26T16:10:07.708-05:002010-10-26T16:10:07.708-05:00David:
Very little had been done to the interior ...David:<br /><br />Very little had been done to the interior at that point. Half of the ceiling and side walls in the main compartment were missing. I have some pictures at the bottom of this section: (scroll down)<br /><br />http://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2009/01/h309.html#Fire<br /><br />I had started refinishing some window frames and shade boxes, but that's about it. There were seats only in the smoker. So all in all it was pretty awful.<br /><br />In my defense, we'd only gotten the car operating a couple of months before, and it just barely survived the flood. And we needed all the operating cars we could for the ARM visitors.Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-87263303058714629092010-10-25T21:09:53.246-05:002010-10-25T21:09:53.246-05:00I'll send you a few when I get home... from th...I'll send you a few when I get home... from the track work we all did to get the place ready for the big event - all the way to the east end of the line at the Farm Crossing ~<br /><br />Tom HunterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-33133111345419914522010-10-25T09:14:28.455-05:002010-10-25T09:14:28.455-05:00The photos certainly show the massive amount of wo...The photos certainly show the massive amount of work that has been undertaken at IRM over the past 32 years, just to improve infrastructure. The pavement, restrooms, landscaping and other items really enhance the visitor expierence. <br /><br />What kind of condition was the interior of the 309 in at that date?David Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420287033827174299noreply@blogger.com