It is summer in  Nebraska, and it is hot, oh yes it is!

Finally got the motorcycle reassembled last night, went together fairly well, except trying to get one mirror to line up. I will watch E-bay for another headlight bracket, in case we have to tear it apart. Time will tell if the tank will leak, I am watching one on E-Bay as well...sure looks nice, and the paint matched real well.

I may have to do something with that lower fairing, where it attaches to the upper one. Two mounting tabs but one broken off, both sides...stupid instrument panel broke back loose when we were putting the mirrors on...darn thing.

waiting on one decal, need to order one for the windshield. Should be rideable tho...

Well, got the color coats on the fender and fairing, not without it's mishaps. Still make beginner's mistakes, try to put on too heavy a coat then you get runs...

in between color and clear, we managed to install the fairing that Allen got me for birthday and Father's Day, on my Yamaha. Then we had to take a little test drive up to the Bennet corner and back. Looks and works real nice. Really pretty easy to install, also...

OK, back to work, shot clear coats....

Now to let them harden and reinstall. Still waiting on decals and some rubber boots for the mirrors. I did get the grommet to mount the fairing back on, so we could put that on now, then get the fender on...won't bother me to let it set a few extra days and get the paint a little harder...

Looks a little better with its instrument panel and headlight back on...brackets are now aligned..

now to start on the fairing and fender, get them repaired and sanded, primed...

now to shoot that darned high-solids primer. Got another gallon of that stuff for my D-T, think I'll take it back and get 182 instead of 282. Darn stuff is so think I can't spray it with my equipment...covers well, provides plenty of material to sand and smooth, but near impossible to apply...

had a little time while the paint was drying, so I swapped the rear tire. Not too hard...

new one went on pretty easy...lots more tread!

Got the fender and the fairing wet sanded tonight, in the morning I will finish messing with the fairing, and shoot color and clear... Then we can reassemble Sunday morning perhaps. May wait until all the grommets and such are here... I know that will kill Kyle, not being able to ride his bike, but...he could sure ride the Honda 250...although that would about kill him...fender is in at Great Plains for it, need to get it picked up and installed....

Started in on Kyle's motorcycle, ordered a set of decals for the fairing. Tore the old fairing off, repaired the instrument panel mounts. Now to do some painting, and start reassembly. Got a new rear tire for it, will try to get that on today as well.....

he would pass out if he saw his beloved bike like this....

Went to the St. Marks car show last weekend, saw this nice Mustang in Bennet on the way into town...

Allen has his El Camino in the show....

Roger Pickering had his Mercury Capri drag strip car there...

and a nice Pontiac Catalina Executive

lots of sharp cars at ths show, nice '66 Chevy Impala...

and a classy little '56 Thunderbird...

'58 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible... very nice...

mid '80's Jaguar made it's appearance.

76 Chevy Laguna. They only made these one or two years...

Very nice Plymouth, perhaps a '48

quite the collection of Cushman Scooters. They were made in Lincoln at the Cushman plant in the 50's...

unusual to see a Mercur out, this one is an '88, they were handbuilt for high end customers. This one came from California...

nice little Fiat convertible. Always thought it would be fun to have and drive one, but they are too small for me to fit into...

nice convertible...

'70 Chevelle Super Sport...

this Plymouth has had a lot of mods, made the gull wing hood a one piece, no front bumper, shaved the door handles, etc...

love the color, not to mention the nice 350 under the hood...

car show wouldn't be complete without a "deuce coupe", a 32 Ford. Love the louvers....

you don't often see a "Straight Eight", espeically a valve in head. Most were flatheads...

wonderful old massive Buick, about a '38. Spare tires in the fenders...

we  see this pickup running around town, with the tree through the front bumper...

lots of Mustangs throughout the show...

Gaylord Becker, one of our Elks Members, with his '54 Kaiser Darrin. Sliding retractable doors, 6 cylinder, fiberglass body. Not too many of these around yet...

another nice Mustang convertible...

Mustang fastback...

1915 Model T pickup...

I like the "suicide doors" on these ...

'64 Ford Falcon. This fellow has several, including one set up to be a police car...

'53 Ford Customliner, with a Continental kit for the spare tire, extended bumper, bullet tailights, fender skirts, sidepipes, spotlights, etc.

nice Fiat convertible...

Model T, 1914...

nice '56 T-Bird

a '57 T-Bird, notice differences in the grille, logo on the front fender, tailfins, etc.

this Ford is similar to my Volvo in body style, and people often mistook them....

very nice Ford with a "Motometer" thermometer for a radiator cap...

sharp '68 Camaro Rally Sport

convertible, not the rally sport. this one had a 305 in it...

sharp little Chevy II, these later became the Nova...

pretty neat color combination on this Model A...

this '69 Camaro Super Sport had a 396 in it, and a neat paint job...

convertible Camaro Super Sport...

all original, unrestored. Pretty good condition for a 50 year old car...

I love these old Fords...

a '53 Chevy...

nice Corvette Stingray...

Oldsmobile, about a '37 or '38...

Chevy sedan delivery...

a '55 Chevy station wagon, not a Nomad, but a 210...

sharp little '56 Chevy... nice color...

very old Buick, perhaps a 1917...

nice '55 Chevy....

later model Corvette made its appearance...

a nice '64 Corvair...

about a '48 Ford F-1 pickup...

this Dodge wagon had a nice color scheme...

Very nice Mercury Monterey convertible...

I like the Moon eyes on the cowl near the headers...

Nice Plymouth Duster...

a '55 Jeep Wagoneer, 2 wheel drive two door, you don't often see these, since they were not the 4WD, they were not considered collectible and not many were saved...

a '70 Chevelle Super Sport convertible...

Beautiful old Dodge...

nice Pontiac Firebird...

a '50 Ford Deluxe tudor. My first was a Custom 4 door, which was the plain jane model...

very nice Buick Electra

Dodge Challenger...

very nice 53 Chevy..

'59 Chevy, great tailfins, huge windshield front and rear...

Dodge Challenger with the 340 6-pack...

lots of custom work to this 5 window coupe, wooden covers for his running boards, wood battery box, even a wood cover for his master cylinder...

Buick Wildcat convertible...

Wes Dursts' '54 Kaiser Manhattan, with a Chrysler V-8, Power Steering, Power brakes, A/C and more...

More trucks from the ATHS show in Colorado Springs...

wonderful display of an early White Freightliner, set up with twin tankers and painted up in P*I*E decor...

another nifty late '40's firetruck...

this was a Massive Diamond T, usualy made into logging tractors...

this information was on the front of this Diamond T, I have never seen anything quite like it...

this was an awesome Ford tractor with matching flatbed trailer, the turquoise and chrome was very striking..

a Yellowstone tour bus, 1936 I think...

Studebaker. there were a fair amount of them there...

'58 GMC, nicely done...

Studebaker...

International, advertising next year's meet in Kansas...

how about restoring a dragline?

nice little '85 El Camino snuck in there...

Mack with a Great Dane trailer, all restored...

cabover early International with a restored trailer...

I have seen pictures of these unusual International cabovers before, some sort of shag or yard tractor for close clearances...

sharp International tractor on the flatbed of a Kenworth....

This Kenworth had a very nice round front restored trailer in tow....

More trucks from the ATHS show in Colorado Springs...

this Autocar had a modern drivetrain under it, you could drive it at highway speeds. Gearshift was outside the cab on the left, two levers. Original transmission...

an early Harley with a sidecar, this was putting around the show looking at trucks...

a Plymouth pickup, notice the extremely long hood....

very nice International with a flatbed on the rear...

Diamond T tractor, mid '50's, I think a 622

Chevrolet...

'55 Kenworth...

this massive ancient Mack dump truck had chain drive...

This International car hauler had 4 antique cars on it, two Studebakers, a Chevy woody wagon, and a Packard sedan in the rear...

early International wood C Cab with home made wrecker on the rear...

open cab International dump truck..

beautiful Mack tractor with  a Cummins diesel engine...

this sharp little '65 El Camino snuck in there...

Ford firetruck....

big Sterling.....

Diamond T tractor, a 700 series I believe....

early Mack "logging" truck, had about three logs on the rear. Chain drive, wood spoke wheels, hard rubber tires, hand crank, no front brakes.

More trucks from the ATHS show in Colorado Springs...

very nice Mack 2 ton...

'58 GMC fire truck...

pink Ford cabover, has a 350 Chevy behind the cab, not under the hood. Had an ancient car hauler on the rear, unrestored...

gorgeous GMC flatbed with a semi sleeper on it, about a '52...

wonderful Peterbuilt, louvered hood.

REO Speedwagon....

this is a Fargo, I think a Canadian manufacture, looks like a Ford/Mercury truck...Mercury made a few...

classic '58 GMS cab chassis, you still see a lot of these in the midwest at harvest time, or with water tanks in the box.

'58 GMC firetruck...

this was the little Diamond T Fuel tanker being pulled by another Diamond T...

Early White Freightliner, made into a flatbed...

Very nice Kenworth.....

this huge International wrecker had its front wheels off, laying on the back of the wrecker body, and was hitched to another International Tractor with a beam that attaches to the front end and rides on the 5th wheel....

A Federal, mid '40's...

very nice Dodge...

Early 50's Studebaker diesel...

More trucks from the ATHS show in Colorado Springs...

an early Peterbuilt...

nice Diamond T 306 with a hoist and dump box, not original...

this tandem axle Diamond T straight truck had all sorts of badges and memroabilia on a display hanging on its grille. It had a flatbed trailer on the rear with a 30's Diamond T gas tanker on it...

very old International with C cab, chain drive, steel spoke wheels, hard rubber tires, no front brakes... crank start

very nice Diamond T 921C...big truck...

this was awesome, an International flatbed pulling an Iinternational with a slope back gas tanker on it..

very nice Mack B-61 Tthermodyne...

'57 GMS on a late model chassis, with a Holmes wrecker body on it...

very nice Marmon conventional, Marmon's were all individually built to order...

I love these Internationals with the dropped side windows...

a 1945 Greyhound Bus....

'55 Kenworth Bullnose with a "beef barn" on the rear....

very nice Diamond T car hauler on a 1 ton Chevy chassis, 350 automatic, tilt bed, sleeper...

a little Mack pugnose...

 Mack B-61 Thermodyne...

and another Mack B-61 Thermodyne...plnety of these at the show...

this was a REO car, very rare, as few were made. REO was an acronym for Royce E. Oldsmobile, and REO's were the truck division  of Oldsmobile prior to General Motors buying them...

if you look close you can see the REO script in the taillight lenses...