The Frame Is Painted. It has been over 100 degrees in this shop everyday for most of the summer. At least it is good for the paint drying. Now I can start to put the cart back together. The hood seems to fit relatively well. i will just need to trim it up some and reinforce the edges. Next thing to do is sanding and painting. i am not looking forward to sanding fiberglass.

This next photo is something you don't see everyday. I bet some of you old Air Dogs will recognize it right away. It is the B17 Flying Fortress from WW2. It is on display at the Flight museum in Galveston Texas.

I can only imagine what a couple of dozen of these must have sounded like converging on selected targets across Europe and who knows where else. I know a few people who personally flew missions in this type of plane. It was known for it's ability to sustain major damage and still limp back home.

Now that the cart is back together it is time to do all of those tedious finishing tasks like being sure all the nuts and bolts are secure, fine tune brakes and drive train, adjust shocks and front suspension, and various other things. For some reason the hydraulic storage tank seems to have a small leak that must be fixed. All of the other hydraulic connections appear to be tight.
I discovered a few changes that needed to be made after the first test run. I could hardly steer the cart because both rear wheels are under power and pushing at the same time without benefit of a rear differential. You can steer the front wheels all you like but it mostly just goes straight ahead.

I was able to correct this by removing the
key from one of the universal joints in the rear drive train. This makes for sort of a make shift differential so steering is no longer a problem. Hopefully the cart will not be ridden a lot in the mud and should not miss the positraction. Now I need to put in the floor and figure out some kind of bed for the rear.