Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

It's not the tables that'll take ya, it's the wheels......................

Now let's take a look at Bob's signature
Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon

I enjoy anything that turns money into noise.(Like slot machines Bob?)

Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge( Surely not Texas Hold em Poker?)

Now let's look at Bobs' car
http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...=500&ppuser=32

Bob didn't Capone have something like this.......its all adding up. Vegas, the vault, the car.......
Don hit Bob up for some cash for the interior!

Seriously, I think page 182 is the best of this series, because, Don, Don and Dan's cars all on there in pictures. I'd love to see a shot of all three of them lined up!

I tried to borrow some money from Bob, but his 75% APR is just too much for me. Then there is his Cousin Guido the bill collector................. Guido has NO sense of humor whatsoever.

Thanks guys once again for such nice words. We are going to shoot for Billetproof in March to have Dan's revamped '29 on the road. He has about 20 vacation days he has to take before the end of the year or he loses them, so he plans on camping out at the shop right after Turkey Run and hitting real hard on his car. He has the hard parts done, and Don and I are going to sneak over to the shop when we get back from Daytona and finish up the little stuff so we can fire up his engine for him. Don and I both owe him big time for all the hours he has put into our cars, so we figure once he hears the 455 fire up and run it will kick him in the butt a little bit.

I'm also pretty anxious to get started back on my '39 truck. That will be a fun build because I am going to do it in a very simple way, no frills, just semi flat paint and stuff like that. I just want to get Xmas out of the way first so January 1st I should be ready to start.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I tried to borrow some money from Bob, but his 75% APR is just too much for me. Then there is his Cousin Guido the bill collector................. Guido has NO sense of humor whatsoever.

Hey, that's the discounted rate, so be thankful. And yes, Cousin Guido has NO sense of humor, that's why he has the job!

That will be a fun build because I am going to do it in a very simple way, no frills, just semi flat paint and stuff like that.

Where have I heard THAT before!!

Don

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I'm also pretty anxious to get started back on my '39 truck. That will be a fun build because I am going to do it in a very simple way, no frills, just semi flat paint and stuff like that. I just want to get Xmas out of the way first so January 1st I should be ready to start.

Don

AND UNDER 3K right Don?

Oldrodder43
Perley

Was that 30K or 3K for the no frills 39 truck....LOL. Uncle Bob is that 75% above prime compounded daily.
Brad

Bob. I'm shocked at you. Have I EVER missed a deadline or budget amount?? Oh yeah, there was that little thing about $ 3K............... I swear the Dodge is going to be low key and low buck.


Today I called the upholstery guy and he said the T is more than half done, so I drove over to see it. Let's just say I wasn't real impressed with the interior job so far. I assumed every upholstery guy in the world knew what rolled and pleated means, and I even explained to him when I took the car there what it should be like. However, what he had done looked more like a sofa than a car interior.

The roll around the back was not smooth, but instead he had gathered the material up and sort of fluffed it into folds. The pleats are about 4 inches wide, and not straight at all. I really hated to tell him, but I have to live with this interior, so I told him it wasn't acceptable. I ran back to the shop and got some hot rod magazines to show him what a proper rolled and pleated interior should look like in a T bucket, and he said with the time alotted he couldn't do that kind of job.

So I told him to tear it all out and I would go with just the foam. I didn't want people seeing the car to think I actually wanted this kind of interior. Finally, we took a look at what was good and bad about the interior, and reached a compromise. The carpeting is ok, and the little seat pads are ok too............not exactly what I wanted, but ok. What needs redone is the roll around the top of the body and the pleats on the backrest and sides. I told him if he was able to get them looking as good as the seat pads I would be ok with that. Somewhere down the road I will take it to a shop who knows traditional interiors and have it torn out and redone, but for now it is something to sit on.

I worked on Don's T and got his steering column in and his brake light switch bracket built. Tomorrow the three of us are going to hit hard on wrapping up the welding on the steering shaft and final wiring. By tomorrow night he should be able to take it for his first spin. Here is how the column and gauges came out.

Don

Sorry to hear about your bad luck on the interior.

Most of the upholstery people in this area do furniture. They can do a passable job on seats, but I have yet to find one that wants to tackle a traditional bow type headliner in the 46.

I'm trying to talk my wife into doing the interior on my T. She sews pretty good(better than she thinks) and I might be able to borrow a heavy duty sewing machine.

Don's car is looking great by the way. Hope he gets to drive it this weekend.

I was really surprised Mike because this guy does a lot of the high end dealer cars in this area. He just put a $ 10K insurance interior job in a Mercedes, and I always see nice cars parked in his shop. I guess he is accustomed to doing stock interiors and custom stuff is outside his area of expertise.

I have to take some of the blame too. I should have taken hot rod magazines to him up front and told him exactly what I liked and didn't like. Maybe I should have headed down to Tijuana (sp) Mexico for a TJ upholstery job. If I still lived in SoCal I would have considered that, wonder if it's like it used to be where you could get a decent upholstery job there pretty cheap?

Oh well, live and learn. Gotta head to the shop to meet Don. Dan is coming over about two to do our final welding and wiring hookups so today looks promising for wrapping it up. After my interior fiasco we are thinking of installing Don's Total Performance upholstery kit ourselves. At least we are going to modify and mount the bed cover, that we can do.

Don

Don,

Seems like the proper time for the guy to say "I can't do the type of job you want in the time I have" is up front . . . not halfway through.

Sounds like an excuse, doesn't it. Reminds me of a quote I heard on The Unit: "The net effective range of an excuse is zero meters."

If you do go to Mexico for upholstery, better check the padding they use real close. I used to hear all kinds of horror stories about that stuff. Now they probably stuff your seats with illegal aliens and you would wake up one morning to find your seats working at the local chicken packing plant.

Happy Veteren's Day one and all.
I woke to three tight formation WW2 fighters buzzing the neighborhood! Always a cool sight. I got a picture of a trainer flying over a little while after that. The parade is at 1 p.m., so I'll try to get some shots of the fighters if you all are interested.
http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/c...urrent=002.jpg
Looking foward to a shot of Don in his car for his first drive. Mexicans do nice upholstery work still. A friend took his Karmen ghia down to baja, got all the body work done(dents on the nose, doors and rear plus the seats for 175.00 back in 94!) My cousin got a simple leather upholstery to his truck bench seat for 150 2 years ago. Hot rod46 may be right about the hidden accessories though!
By the way any ideas where to get a stock or close to stock bench seat for the 48 f1?

It looks like an Aeronca L-3 forward observation aircraft - or something similar.

When I said they buzzed my house I wasn't kidding, I live two blocks off the parade route. Very cool.
http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/c...nt=avet136.jpg
http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/c...nt=avet138.jpg
And then there was this hot rod in the Vet's parade for POW MIA
http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/c...nt=avet088.jpg
I did actually get some car/truck work done, despite missing my bearing adapters for the disc brake kit, I managed a quick oil change before the parade.Cheers.

At least two of the planes in pic #138 are P-51 Mustangs; in my opinion the most beautiful propeller driven airplane ever designed...

Another vote for the P-51.