Thread: Roadster Pickup Upholstery

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Brian,

Around 2,000 lbs / sq. inch, if I remember correctly.

Stu---Sometimes I wonder if I post too many things of little consequence. Pretty well all of the stuff I post, I have done many times before, and I am sure that most of the senior members of this forum have also. I have never posted before building this rod, because up untill 8 years ago I didn't know how to run a computer. I just like to show some of the younger guys that you don't have to pay to have everything done professionally. It is mostly easy stuff, and once you try it yourself and see how easy it really is, you feel wonderfull about yourself. ----the other thing is, no matter how many times I have done something, I am always interested in seeing how other people do it, and I'm sure that works both ways. ----Brian

Originally posted by Mike P
."......i'm not for 1 minute going to believe again that guys can't do laundry or dishes lol..."

Hot rodder definition:

luandry: The clean T shirt that comes out of the goody bag you get when you register at the car show.

Dishes: The paper wrapper the hotdog comes in and the can the beers in.


(back in my single days before my current wife "taught me better" she say anyway)

LOL...Actually Mike...I shouldn't talk about you guys not doin your share of laundry & dishes much...haha...cause in my house...i'm the one gettin the carshow t-shirt and the hot dog wrapper with a beer can....it's ok tho...jeff is gettin REALLY good at doin laundry...in fact...i just might get fired if I keep up at this rate....then i'll have lots of time for my lawn chair an hot dog wrappers...ugh

Originally posted by brianrupnow
Stu---Sometimes I wonder if I post too many things of little consequence. Pretty well all of the stuff I post, I have done many times before, and I am sure that most of the senior members of this forum have also. I have never posted before building this rod, because up untill 8 years ago I didn't know how to run a computer. I just like to show some of the younger guys that you don't have to pay to have everything done professionally. It is mostly easy stuff, and once you try it yourself and see how easy it really is, you feel wonderfull about yourself. ----the other thing is, no matter how many times I have done something, I am always interested in seeing how other people do it, and I'm sure that works both ways. ----Brian

Hey, I 4 1... having not done the hot rod thing b4...have really enjoyed your posts Brian. Don't change a thing

OK the last time I did this sort of thing was in 1954 when I covered all the door panels and rear quarter panels of a '47 Ford convertible with grey vinyl AND made my own padded dash with alternating red and gray 1" padded tubes but I didn't want to do it again and later found out with the MG Midget that black plastic overlays are available for cracked dash covers. Sooo, now I will need a way to do my roadster doors and Brian is showing how. The question is will you just cover the panels with vinyl or try to put some patterns as shown in the deuce roadster. What simple treatment can be done more than just stretching vinyl over the wooden panels and glueing/stapling on the back. What is your plan Brian, or shall we just wait a day or two and you will show us? In my only previous attempt I made a bunch of red and grey vinyl "tubes" and then stitched them together and filled them with cotton. It was not quite as good as a professional tuck-and-roll treatment, but almost as good and maybe I could borrow my daughter's sewing machine to make enough tubes to cover the door panels and kick panels. So make sure you show us the next step and if you want to try the padded-tube method note that they need to be narrow or they will bulge out too much. I watched the guy do a tuck-and-roll on American Hot rod and it was flatter than the tube method. Well I am just rambling on like the geezer that I am but this is very interesting thread and I am eager to see what Brian does next!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Brianrupnow wrote: "Stu---Sometimes I wonder if I post too many things of little consequence."

Brian, your postings and the responses to them could be made into a how-to book for rod-building. They record the actual building of a hot rod, the trials, the errors, and the decisions you have made. Please don't stop now...I read each new issue as you write it....I'm almost going to be disappointed when you are finished (well, not really, I can't wait to see it completed.) This is what reality TV should be!!