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Filmed on location at the Three Lions Garage

Charlie, the family auteur, temporarily transformed Three Lions Garage into a mini movie studio to shoot a video showing him at work on his L’Ordinateur sculpture based on Rodin’s “The Thinker”.  His project is still in progress–Can’t wait to see the sculpture when it’s completed.  Enjoy.

ready to paint…just waiting for the painter

We finished the paint booth this week.  This comprised creating a door (using a zipper) and installing exhaust fans and filters.  The exhaust fans create a cross-flow of air in the booth which enters at the top back and exits low in the front near the front door of our booth.  I taped some masking […]

It’s been a looooooong week

here’s some of what we did this week:

Burning the midnight oil (literally)…

Jack and I just returned from the garage (at 12:30 a.m.) after a very productive day installing the sub-frame connectors from Total Control Products which are specifically designed to fit the 1969 Mustang fastback.  Jack spent about 10 hours on the car today while I had the easier shift (starting at approx 5:30pm).  We had already […]