This year’s mutation, ailment “The Light Fandango,” rides heavily on work we did for Janus three years ago.

Like 150 pounds of new steel, fabric and fittings on top of another 100 pounds of recycled security grating that served as Janus’ cloud deck railing.

Biomass and I bolted that together onto the big honkin’ roof rack and – voila! – the foundation for The Light Fandango and the core of the rooftop observation deck.

We then began bolting burly 1-inch EMT conduit to the frame – using a combination of pipe clamps and steel U-clamps.

These stick out from the guardrail/passenger box, making a roughly oval shape of 14 support points – the struts on which the entire rig will ride.