October 31, 2007 was
indeed a Halloween Treat for the Futurliner restoration crew. All
were invited to Color House Graphics Co. in Grand Rapids, MI to
witness the 9:00 A.M. start of the press run for the long awaited
book: "General Motors Parade of Progress & A Futurliner Returns".
This great, quality made book, documents the restoration, the
tours, and the history of the Parade of Progress, and has hundreds
of photographs along with the great text work.
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(left) Shown is:
Don Bratt, editor
Mike Ball, Futurliner historian
Ken Postema, Co-owner of Color House Graphics |
The restoration team gets a tour and education in the fine points of
printing. |
A Color House Graphics employee points out features of the
multi-color printing press. |
Heidelberg Speedmaster sheet-fed, multi-color press. |
The cover is printed three-up. Here the color is reviewed for
registration and color. |
An operator uses this machine (left and right) to collate and fold
the pages. For the actual binding of the book, it will be done
elsewhere. |
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