Wood, steel: gone! Seats: out! Brakes: working on it

It was a great day, with a lot gotten done on Big Red! Billy came over this morning, and we got to work on the rest of the wood on the flatbed. Some came off easy, some was stubborn, but in the end, it finally came all off. Next, we hauled the grain box steel off to Billy's trailer. We also started work on the master cylinder, by adding brake fluid - hoping that letting new fluid sit inside for a few days will free up any stuck parts. Hopefully, it's just been sitting so long that simple addition of fluid will work things free. We also removed the bench seats, which will need to be reupholstered since some animal got at them while it sat the last 8 years. We also did one last thing, but I'll save that for a surprise photo at the end of the blog post.

Billy and I working on the last of the wood

All gone!

Also, my service manual came today from Binder Books, along with a couple bonus Triple Diamond keychains!

Finally, the surprise - we were able to push Big Red all the way into the garage!

Where's Big Red?!?!

After a couple weeks, it kinda looks weird having the door closed again... Next up, wait for the brake fluid to, hopefully, work the master cylinder loose, remove chrome and stainless pieces to have cleaned up over the winter, start looking into upholstery options and remove the screws that stayed in the flatbed.