01/01/2012 - 154: Happy New Year from the Target 550 team.	01/08/2012 - 155: The Chassis is stripped down to prepare for painting.	01/15/2012 - 156: The rotisserie is being assembled.
01/30/2012 - 157: The rotisserie and its pigeon.	02/5/2012 - 158: Harness attachments, pin holes and paint.  Meet Russ Armstrong.	02/12/2012 - 159: Paint Plus.  Frame painting and more.
02/20/2012 - 160: The Bone Yard and the Parts Pickers.	02/23/2012 - 161: Reassembly:  The progress is evident.  Only a few parts are still out for plating or coating.	03/03/2012 - 162: Some Rat Photos.
03/08/2012 - 163: Belt drive boxes, yellow tape and more.	03/16/2012 - 164: Belt drive boxes, yellow tape and more.	03/23/2012 - 165: An unguided tour. Use your imagination.
03/30/2012 - 166: It's going back together.  Many parts and pieces are back from coating and plating.	04/06/2012 - 167: It's going back together.  Many parts and pieces are back from coating and plating.	04/13/2012 - 168: Progress on the assembly and some parts will not likely be seen again.
04/20/2012 - 169: The complex fitting of the panels in the air brake area is underway.	04/27/2012 - 170: Skin, Cherry rivets, dual purpose drain/vent and painted panels.	05/04/2012 - 171: Cleaning up the hard drive with many topics.
05/11/2012 - 172: Tires, tanks and reassembly.	05/18/2012 - 173: The reassembly continues.	05/26/2012 - 174: The reassembly still continues.
05/31/2012 - 175: Head restraints and rear panels.	06/08/2012 - 176: Backup safety lock for the tail section, air and fire lines and the cockpit floor assemblies.	06/15/2012 - 177: Many air and fire lines are back in place. Document storage has been addressed.
06/22/2012 - 178: New little pieces and the finished rear wheel fairings.	06/29/2012 - 179: Front wheel fairings, seat belts, air bottles and a rivet gun with a special bucking bar.	07/06/2012 - 180: July 4th, rivet gun, breather tank's new brackets and hose clamps.
07/13/2012 - 181: The engines have arrived.	07/20/2012 - 182: Engine installation, wheel fairings and visitors.	07/27/2012 - 183: Front to back as the reassembly continues.
08/03/2012 - 184: Steering System.  Marlo Treit gives his evaluation of the system.	08/11/2012 - 185: Target 550 streamliner meets Bonneville's weather and the new team shirts.	08/17/2012 - 186: More of the streamliner and Speed Week, 2012.
08/24/2012 - 187: Rat's photos of the liner on the salt.	08/31/2012 - 188: The liner and its carrier are back at Hume's shop.	09/05/12.  The Target 550 reporting team is on vacation this week.  We'll be back to our normal schedule next week.
09/14/2012 - 189: Getting the liner ready for testing.	09/21/2012 - 190: The instrument panel and its bling.	09/21/2012 - 191: The inside front firewall, throttle and fuel shutoff cables, chute tubes and throttle return springs.
10/06/2012 - 192: The parts of the front wheel fairings and their attachments.	10/13/2012 - 193: Canopy latch and wheel fairings.	10/27/2012 - 194: A look back over part of 2012.
11/11/2012 - 195: Rear wheel fairings, start to (almost) finish.	12/02/2012 - 196: Tail rivets and front splitter.	12/11/2012 - 197: Preparation for running.
12/19/2012 - 198: Fabrication for mounting blowers.	12/22/2012 - 199: Installation of the coated blowers.	12/24/2012 - 200: Merry Christmas from the Target 550 Team.
12/27/2012 - 201: Setup and installation of the injectors and installation of the new EGT probes.	12/29/2012 - 202: Installing ignition wiring and fuel system.

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