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Refurbishing a '54 Superior in 3 days
Bob, a friend living in Alaska, has a tight-knit community and church. His job is repairing transmissions, differentials, and other oddball tasks that no one else will touch. Yet when someone passes, resources are pooled together. From Bob:
"Folks choose whether or not they want us to build them a casket or not. They pick
out what kind of wood, the general motif or design, the color and finish, and the
the fabric lining. We gather the materials and start to work. Whoever is available
works on the project. The men build the box, the ladies line it. When it is done we
take it over to the funeral home and they place the body in the casket. Depending
on the situation (finances of the family) the funeral home transports the body to
the church and cemetery after the service. When the finances are really slim, we
get the permits to transport and do it ourselves. Same thing with the box. Most of
the time the family will pay for the materials of the casket. There have been a
couple of times when we chipped in payed for the materials.
This really helps the grieving process of both the family and friends. Getting
together and being busy. Usually talking about the person."
In our day and age, this throwback sense of unity is so very impressive - especially considering the time frame work is being accomplished in. Commendable is an understatement!
So when I stumbled across a website chronicling how a '54 Superior located in Alaska came out of retirement and was refurbished in 72 hours...it made sense. Keep in mind that this is far from a restoration. Nonetheless the amount of work accomplished in such a short period is near mind blowing. There were no cameras rolling. This wasn't a made for cable show.
Before:
After:
Full renovation pics on site:
Slideshow will take about 8 minutes. Figured a feel-good story helps kick new year off right - and maybe provide inspiration for our own projects.
"Folks choose whether or not they want us to build them a casket or not. They pick
out what kind of wood, the general motif or design, the color and finish, and the
the fabric lining. We gather the materials and start to work. Whoever is available
works on the project. The men build the box, the ladies line it. When it is done we
take it over to the funeral home and they place the body in the casket. Depending
on the situation (finances of the family) the funeral home transports the body to
the church and cemetery after the service. When the finances are really slim, we
get the permits to transport and do it ourselves. Same thing with the box. Most of
the time the family will pay for the materials of the casket. There have been a
couple of times when we chipped in payed for the materials.
This really helps the grieving process of both the family and friends. Getting
together and being busy. Usually talking about the person."
In our day and age, this throwback sense of unity is so very impressive - especially considering the time frame work is being accomplished in. Commendable is an understatement!
So when I stumbled across a website chronicling how a '54 Superior located in Alaska came out of retirement and was refurbished in 72 hours...it made sense. Keep in mind that this is far from a restoration. Nonetheless the amount of work accomplished in such a short period is near mind blowing. There were no cameras rolling. This wasn't a made for cable show.
Before:
After:
Full renovation pics on site:
Slideshow will take about 8 minutes. Figured a feel-good story helps kick new year off right - and maybe provide inspiration for our own projects.
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