New paint

Stephen painted his car a beautiful blue and then added a clear coat with metal flake in it.







He did a real good job. I wonder where he learned those skills?











A couple of weeks driving his car to work the motor exploded. A piston broke in half and a valve sucked up into the head. The entire motor was toast. We sure use our engine hoist a lot.




Looks easy! The old motor is out.










Stephen found a great motor in a shop in Rialto. It was a 1995 motor. That is 4 years newer than the one he had. Now we are going home to put it in. We need to finish in two days so Stephen can drive it to work on Monday. It's a good thing we own Phelan Escort Service.

The next disaster

Stephen says that the motor is ready to be put in the car.











Danny and Stephen add oil and are ready to start the new motor for the first time. It is 9:00 Sunday night. The car runs great and he is ready to drive it to work on Monday.

Stephen drove his car to work Monday morning but the transmission started slipping and finally quit. We had to rent a trailer and go to Barstow to bring the car home.











Chuck and Anthony brought their truck and helped us bring the car home.











Stephen drove the car onto the trailer and we finally got the car home about 10:00 PM. Now we get to take the transmission out and find another one. Male bonding........UGH

LEAD FIGURES

Just when you thought I was not boring. I also collect lead figures. Here is my current collection.

MORE LAUGHLIN

We had fun walking along the Colorado river this morning. We stopped to listen to a great blues band. The best was uploading to our blogs at Starbucks. We don't care if we ever come home.

WATCH ROBOSAURUS IN ACTION

OUR LAUGHLIN TRIP

Finally I am doing something besides trains and cars. Meet ROBOSAURUS. This was a great show that we plan to see again in the daytime. Robo ate a video game, a slot machine, the colorado bell casino and bit a car in half.