Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/5/17 18:28:22
Jazz every night in Joe's garage, which is expanding into the house.
FENDER WELT. Now I'm a seamstress. I stress over seams. I'm tearing off 1/4 in. strips of duct tape to hold the welt in place as I go. Then I use the first one cut as a pattern for the other side of the car.
PARKING LIGHT PAD: I cut these the same way from Steele Rubber's generic liner that has a small lip on one side to pad bright ware for which no pads are available. I bought this long ago and kept trying to remember what it was for. I cut off about half down the middle as excess. Taped as I went, clipping and snipping. Then I used the Q-Bond super glue, touched the two ends together and made a ring. I didn't realize that the glue was caught by the lip instead of dripping on the paper below, so I thought none was coming out. Then I realized it was on my fingers, now stuck together. I guess the sheer terror of Oregon jokes gave me that super power mothers who lift cars to save their babies have to separate my finger without tearing skin. One little drop locked those rubber end together.
I left a couple of pieces of duct tape on there to make it easier. The Duchess had been held together with so much of the stuff back in the day that she didn't reject it, but considered it original equipment.
THE HOOD. Had to be foregone for dance show last night. Too large to hold in my lap like the parking lights. So putting that together tonight.
WIPER MOTOR ARRIVED TODAY from Wiperman. So will install that tonight, too.
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FENDER WELT. Now I'm a seamstress. I stress over seams. I'm tearing off 1/4 in. strips of duct tape to hold the welt in place as I go. Then I use the first one cut as a pattern for the other side of the car.
PARKING LIGHT PAD: I cut these the same way from Steele Rubber's generic liner that has a small lip on one side to pad bright ware for which no pads are available. I bought this long ago and kept trying to remember what it was for. I cut off about half down the middle as excess. Taped as I went, clipping and snipping. Then I used the Q-Bond super glue, touched the two ends together and made a ring. I didn't realize that the glue was caught by the lip instead of dripping on the paper below, so I thought none was coming out. Then I realized it was on my fingers, now stuck together. I guess the sheer terror of Oregon jokes gave me that super power mothers who lift cars to save their babies have to separate my finger without tearing skin. One little drop locked those rubber end together.
I left a couple of pieces of duct tape on there to make it easier. The Duchess had been held together with so much of the stuff back in the day that she didn't reject it, but considered it original equipment.
THE HOOD. Had to be foregone for dance show last night. Too large to hold in my lap like the parking lights. So putting that together tonight.
WIPER MOTOR ARRIVED TODAY from Wiperman. So will install that tonight, too.
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