I finally made it to the weekend and had a chance to get another load of gravel in order to cover the area so we can move the 65 Mustang over to the new site where I plan on building the A-frame hoist. As before with these types of spots where I lay gravel, since I was able to back the truck up to the spot, I was able to lay the gravel rather fast, after covering some area, I backed up the truck to the next patch to lay more, repeating until the gravel was gone. I was able to cover a good wide area up to one of the trees within the fenced in yard. With that little bit of business taken care of, it was time to move the 65 Mustang over to the spot. We used the Tracker and some chain to start dragging the car out from its past resting spot. I had to carefully have the ole lady pull as the rusty car is weak in spots and the last thing I want to do is have a sudden jerk snatch out the rear end or damage the frame. Once the car was out in the main driveway we were able to push the car the rest of the way into the yard and down to the new resting spot. Being on a slight grade helped out with this plus the gravel made the ground "smooth" enough that it didn't take much effort for us to push the body down. With the car resting in its new spot, the next order of business was getting the Ranger frame moved and staged in front of the Mustang. Moving the Ranger frame in and of itself wasn't really that bad, but I had to move the 69 Mustang out from the side park to open the area up to get the frame through. Of course since the car had been sitting for a while the right front tire (which seems to always be the one to go flat on cars around here) was flat and the battery was dead. After addressing that little inconvenience, I got the 69 Mustang moved out of the way and from there started pushing the frame out from its spot behind the garden fence. I had to steer the frame to get the nose of the frame pointing away from the direction I needed to push the frame. Basically I had to push the frame ass first towards the site by the 65 Mustang. Once the frame was staged ass first we were able to push the frame all the way across the yard and driveway and finally have it come to rest in front of the 65 Mustang. Reason for staging the Ranger frame this way in front of the 65 Mustang body is because once I build the A-frame hoist, I can lift the car's body up high enough to be able to roll the truck frame under the car to commence the mating of the two. There is plenty of room in the yard to allow us to stage these cars the way we did so its not that big of a deal. There was plenty of room to even park the F250 in front of the Ranger frame with plenty of room to spare in front of it as well. We can still pull into the midway from the fence opening with both daily use vehicles and not worry about the F250 getting in the way. With everything moved where I wanted, I moved the 69 Mustang back to its normal parking spot. With that, everything was moved where I wanted it. The next course of action when it comes to moving things is going to be to move the boat trailer and the small catamaran sailboat that are parked next to where the 69 Mustang has been parked. Of course to do this I will have to lay some gravel down over the area where I want to park the two nautical items before moving so I don't have to worry about dealing with grass growing up around and under and through them when they sit in that new spot. I also have to do some repair work to the trailer axle so I can move the unit without hassle. Even with the makeshift repair I will have to do some more stronger repairs with a stronger welder than what I have available to me to make the trailer be roadworthy. Then after moving the boat and trailer out of the way I can lay gravel down over the old area where the used to be so I can extend the parking area around the 69 Mustang. In this area between the garden fence and the 69 Mustang I'll be parking the El Camino and the 51 Chevy tandem style so I can have all of the vehicles parked and staged within the fenced in compound. The work continues.
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