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yesteryears. They were a problem, but the park service would not allow the production to remove anything from the area. We ended up re-leveling the grade and bringing in thousands of tons of specialty dirt to cover and surface the area. Art Director Eric Sundahl oversaw the construction on Spahn Ranch. A very long and very hot summer build in Simi Valley for all on site. The vehicle, interior and exterior dressing were an adventure all to themselves. Again, picture car coordinator Steve Butcher came enthusiastically to the quest and matched the hero Spahn Ranch vehicles from the research library. The most prominent being the "Spahn Ranch Truck" in the front entrance. A E C Construction and scenic teams made it complete. Steve arranged for the decorating department and I to go out to a location in the desert that has acres of junked trucks, cars, semis, buses and motorcycles…some working, most not, so that we could pick period background vehicles for the ranch and the chop shops. It was a fantastic all-day shopping excursion that took Steve's department a week to deliver everything we selected. Decorator Nancy Haigh and her team did very hard work in the heat, furnishing a lavish layering of dressing from George's house all the way to the barns and outbuildings. B D F A. GEORGE'S HOUSE AT SPAHN RANCH. SET PHOTO. B. GEORGE'S HOUSE AT SPAHN RANCH. ELEVATIONS. C. & D. INTERIOR OF GEORGE'S HOUSE AT SPAHN RANCH. SET PHOTO. E. SPAHN MOVIE RANCH TRUCK. SET PHOTO. F. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS FOR THE SPAHN MOVIE RANCH TRUCK.