Easy answer here. Move your office to the Garage. Answer calls
while stretching fabric, or painting parts. They phone extension cords
now, even cordless units too !!. Another advantage, since your office
will be in the garage, the space being used can be depreciated on your
taxes!...So that new refrigerator for the Beer needed to all of this
work, business and other wise, can then be deducted. !! 8-)
Rich
> ----------
> From: Steve Van Ronk[SMTP:glblitnpwr(at)nidlink.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 1997 9:47 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: "New" Series V - Day 8-9
>
> Greetings list,
>
> OK, So I didn't send an update yesterday. I just couldn't make
> washing
> and sanding lots of little parts sound too interesting.
>
> Now I realize why so many of you guys have project cars sitting in
> garages for years. Once you take them apart, you gotta put them back
> together again! I am now at that familair old "gosh, I didn't expect
> that to be so much work" stage. Certainly not at the "wish I hadn't
> done that" stage - this project is a gas (no pun intended).
>
> Today I got about 95% of the new carpet underlayment done. The carpet
> kit I got from Curt at Classic Sunbeam has 13 pieces and is very nice.
>
> It has padding adhered to the underside of the major pieces, but I
> wanted a thicker sound, heat barrier, so I layed another pad over the
> entire newly undercoated floor pan and clear up to the furthest
> reaches
> of the firewall. I put it in as one large piece forming and fitting
> it
> to the curves as I went along. That is a bit tricky and by the end I
> had to make one large slit along the transmission hump to get the
> drivers side pad to lay flat and curl slightly up to the door
> threasholds. I used spray adhesive to stick the stuff down as I went
> along, making cuts to form the inside angles and expose the seat mount
> rails. I also cut out where the transmission inspection covers fit
> and
> will pad over them so they fit tightly together but remain removable
> without having to remove or further cut the underlayment. This method
> proved to be a several hour job and turned out very nice. Eliminating
> the old tar paper in favor of undercoater and hair pad makes a very
> clean installation.
>
> Gone is all of the old moldy smell and grunge. Now crawling around
> under the dash smells like a new car and your nose faces nice new
> paint,
> clean wires, and mount holes ready to accept the reconditioned mount
> brackets and accessories.
>
> Next comes fabricating new upholstery panels before fitting the carpet
> kit. The panels will be made from standard automotive "waterproof"
> cardboard - black stuff made especially for the purpose. After
> researching options such as light plastic, the stuff most all
> upholstery
> shops use turns out to be about as good as any, but there are
> different
> grades. A cheap shop will sell you cheap material that is not
> "waterproof". Upholstery material will be made out of what shops here
> call a "snow" grade naugahide. (Yeah, I know, it takes a lot of
> Naugas
> to get enough hide to do a car.) This stuff is thicker than
> "automotive
> grade" slightly and supposed to stand up better to adverse weather.
>
> I decided to take you folks advice on the seats. Ordered new lower
> foam, membranes, and complete upholstery kit from Curt. Total cost
> around $300, which was what the local shop quoted for doing the seat
> covers alone. Still haven't figured out the dashboard, but plan on
> going to Spokane (the big smoke) to try and find a nice piece of solid
> walnut, maple, or similar pretty wood plank.
>
> Just got the new right door glass and a couple extra carbs from Tom
> Wiencek <t_wiencek(at)qmgate.anl.gov> today. Nice door glass for $25.00
> and very well packed. Thanks Tom. By the way you asked me to post
> something about who I am and how I manage to have time for this
> project?
>
> OK, Check out my web site at <http://www.nidlink.com/~glblitnpwr>
> There
> you will find my business (solar electric systems and electric cars).
> It is a one horse shop without a horse. My business is home run and
> also one of my main hobbies. How do I have time to do this
> restoration? Simple, the bank would not give me a loan to buy a car,
> which I need, so I had to buy one I could afford and build it up. If
> I
> am going to do that much work on a car (especially a gas car) I am
> going
> to do one I like. I just gotta run back and forth to answer the phone
> a
> lot.
>
> Take care,
> Steve Van Ronk
> glblitnpwr(at)nidlink.com
>
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