My Dream Project: "I can do all things through HIM who strengthens me."

Our project this weekend was a daunting one to say the least. Our new trailer Moby has a huge awning to provide shade over our crew as we service the cars. The only problem was that is was the most offensive green color you have ever seen. Between it and Clifford the Big Red Truck, our rig looked like a bad Christmas decoration! It also had a lot of torn places and really bad repair jobs done on it.

Traci and I believe that if anything is worth doing, it is worth doing right! So an ugly Christmas decoration rig just wasn't going to work.

As you know if you follow this blog, we delayed the testing of the Black Hole to give us more time to get everything right. We have also decided that we should make sure our tow rig is right as well. We are still waiting for some cabinets for the trailer and some other organization accessories that will allow us to store everything neatly.

The first race for the dragster is next weekend but we are not going to have our new trailer ready so we are not going to go to the race. We could probably throw everything in the trailer and make it to the race but we would be thrashing to do that. We have re-prioritized what we want to accomplish this year and have decided we want to take our time, do everything right and perfect our game.

That brings us to our project this week. We started with 80 yards of gray Sumbrella outdoor fabric and built a new (less offensive colored) awning for Moby. We are almost finished and only like cutting the awning smooth on the front edge and hemming it. It also does not have buckles and snaps on the end flaps to tighten them up yet.

It turned out awesome and will serve us well for years to come! We made a lot of modifications to the original awning design to make it stronger and easier to put up. It is definitely an improvement.

Here are a couple of pictures before it is finished. I will add some finished photos when we get everything done this week.

This project definitely deserves a quote from the Bible:

"I can do all things through HIM who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13

We went from this!!!!!