Re: 1924 Sport Phaeton Update

Posted by Karl On 2023/11/14 6:25:25

Big Kev, Dave, Gerd, Don and Phil, thank you for your nice and friendly comments. They push me a little bit more to finish the work on my car fast enough that I´ve the time to drive it some years.
Dave , thank you for the kind correction about my “gator”. This help me to learn a bit more because I´ll not forget it now. I know that my English is more than lousy. And believe me … this is the most terrible part of my restauration job .. to write here in PI and comment my Pictures with my awful grammar. My only apology’s therefor is .. I hat only one year English school lessons as I made my vocational diploma to study and became a civil engineer. And this was 50 years ago. All the “rest” I learnt as I was 55 years old from the internet and my short time in US. I know, … not so much guys over here in PI speak German.. but that's no excuse to me because my own language and how I deal with in my Business time was very important to me. So I hate not to learn more English. But now its to late … I´m now 75 years old and I`ve watch my time to do nothing “superfluous” ?? .
So my dear friends … you have to live with my English and I think you all are good enough to find out always what I mean.
Phil, all pictures I post here in PI about the restauration of my 1924 Sport shows my own work!
Sins I start restore cars 45 years ago I was always pisst about what I paid and what I became for my money. That’s why I start to do all I can by my own. And that’s the reason why I learnt over all this years… basically …. don’t trust no one who live from the money he made to restore cars!!!
All restauration work except : Machine shop work ( where you need the big and expansive machines for) , Final paint coat (except all the small Parts like Fuel tank, Bumpers etc.) , Metal Plating, Rebuild important Brake Parts like Brake cables, Glass Windows etc. … everything else I´m doing by my own.
Yes .. I made this Leaf “gaiters” (😊) by my own. For my upholstery work I have 5 different kind of industrial sewing machines a Leather sharping machine and a leather splitting machine. I learnt to handle this over 35 years. Additional in different special courses to restore leather and do this a couple times on some very important cars.
I picket out this 1924 Sport Phaeton for my last frame off restauration because I like this Dinosaur which is for me the point and time where cars change from Horseless Carriage to Automobiles.
And it is a good project to finish my Restoration Career.

Thank you
Karl