Update August 22, 2004
Well, it’s been another frustrating week – however, we feel like we have accomplished a lot. First off, we were given a lot of good advice from Tom Gore – he’s the guy that owned these cars before the last owners. With him guiding our direction – we feel better than ever about the success of this project. This week we have made the final decision to change the tracking system of these cars. As it turns out – if you modify the track , you better have an engineering degree to back up the modifications. (Which we don’t have) So, we’re stuck using the old 12 lb rail.
As far as other news goes – we are almost done with our “monster” project for the Haunted House. The last video we will release before Halloween is now online in the PROJECTS section. Take a look and let us know what you think. We have also been getting mail asking us just how we intend on having this ride ready in time for next year. Apparently, because of the photos posted above, everyone thinks this ride is some rusted old piece of junk. Well, nothing could be farther from the truth!
| The pictures above are of the parts-cars that we are salvaging to build new cars, and to use as test vehicle with our new track idea. The fully restored vehicles are in great condition! Here are a couple of pictures we took on one of our visits to the storage area. Every once and a while, we like to go and sit in the cars and imagine what it will be like when they move on their own again. This is only half of the vehicle we have (There are six of cars “ready to go”.) but as you can see they look just fine – and hold three people comfortably. From this point on, we will not have updates too frequently as we need to prepare for this year’s Halloween. |  |
But we will continue to post information here when we feel we have done something newsworthy. If we don’t talk to you before – Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!
