7.15.03

Work has definitely stalled on the Alfa over the past couple of months.  Several work and school-related activities have kept me from getting work done on it.  Most significant is my project to finally cut up and discard the smashed CS (affectionately dubbed, "The Hulk") from my yard so that I can make room to work on the Alfa.

I began the process a couple weeks ago, by removing the engine and using an oxy/acetyln torch to cut the old thing up.  It was hot out and cutting up a car this way is NASTY work.  Every time you hit places that have been undercoated, big black plumes of smoke waft in to your face.  To make matters worse, big molten globs of metal fly through the air, usually landing somewhere in your shoe or inside your glove where they burn your skin while you frantically try to remove said article of clothing.  It is NOT fun!

After a lot of sweating and a lot of work I'd gotten the car cut up in to some more manageable pieces but we ran out of oxygen before we could finish the job.

With this now accomplished I could put some of the pieces in the bed of my truck and run them to the junkyard to be recycled.

See you all next week!

Ciao!

TJ