S.A.M.I. family album...

S.A.M.I. is more than a vehicle or a project to us: He is family.

February 27, 1941 S.A.M.I. joined the military as a member of the Army Quarter Master Corps. Making his parents proud he was in the medical field... As an ambulance.

Like many who retire out of the military he vacationed a bit, enjoying a life of four wheel driving.

In 2004, at the age of 63, he joined C.R.C. as the star member of the robotic vehicle project.

05mar05 - SAMI gets his body on

12nov2004 - Body shop inspection

If you look at the top of this page you'll see what SAMI looked like when we got him. Here's what he looks like right now, after the body shop stripped him down, removed all the Bondo and started doing the body work

07nov2004 - Paint scheme chosen - Body sent out for painting.

03nov2004 - Body stripped from frame. Frame being straightened.

22oct04 - Body Removal

After removing the engine, tranny, electrical etc... cutting the body from the frame, and a failed effort to lift the body using human power... The body came away easily using a Terex fork lift.

More pictures from the body removal: