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Old 01-11-2011, 10:38 PM   #1
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Project ZEPPELIN (289017)

Project ZEPPELIN began 8 Jan 2011 (Elvis's birthday) with the discovery and purchase of 289017. Pictures are worth a 1000 words......so they say.
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Old 01-11-2011, 10:42 PM   #2
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Welcome to the forums. It looks like you have your work cut out for you.

Best of luck with the project.
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Old 01-12-2011, 12:35 AM   #3
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cowabunga. Good Luck, and welcome to the forums.

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Old 01-12-2011, 03:12 AM   #4
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so, is 289017 the serial number? Is that a 59 Ambassador?
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Old 01-12-2011, 04:30 AM   #5
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Frank,
Yes sir....according to all the documentation she is a 59 model. We found her in southern Ohio about 100 miles south of where she was born.

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Old 01-18-2011, 07:16 AM   #6
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Congrats! We have a '61 I'm about to start working on. The floor is solid, no soft-spots, but I want to give her the gleaming outside and find a stove and range for her. Plus, I need to fix it so she can hold the propane tanks again - someone tore off the old threaded rod but left the bottom through the base.
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Old 02-02-2011, 04:43 AM   #7
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Stage 1 is now complete..
289017 is now in our legal possession with title in hand. She pulled like a dream despite years of being welded to Terra Firma...
She is now at our storage site.....awaiting stage 2 of the project.
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