The crate is gone! I'm very pleased with the progress we are making, as the crate arrived in July.

We pulled apart the crate this week. We cleaned the rear suspension pieces, the pedals, the fuel tank, and lots of cables. We pulled the transmission and engine off of the pallet at the bottom of the crate and hauled it out of the garage.

We're ready to start cleaning the engine and transmission. I ordered some upgrade parts for the engine, so we'll install those as well.

Once the engine is ready, we will begin assembling the buck to store the body. The buck will ride over and around items like the engine, and will take some creative engineering. We can't really start on the kit itself until the body is off of the frame, so we'll be eager to finish the buck.