Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/7/19 10:32:32

Thanks, Vaughn. The top should be finished by Friday, the windshield finalized (parts from Steele arrived last night as did the new tires ---onTrac delivered them 2 business days from ordering them, much faster than UPS ---), and car tuned at Canyon Auto. I should be able to drive it home, maybe bring 1 front door down to the shop so I don't fall out.

The other runningboard will be out of the tank (2nd time to dip) tomorrow at American Metal Cleaning. I could prime and fill and sand Wed and Thurs night.

Jim called me last night and his buds Dave and Kevin will take some pics of perhaps identical regulators so we might possibly see the parts needed without Jim removing his door panel.

With the window thing, if we don't see what's actually in there, we could try your idea. John will fix that tooth and lock in the chrome escutcheon to the front door handle by Friday if I can get it to him today. (He finished a crane job at Fred Meyer's yesterday while I was on a client conf call, so missed him then.)

And maybe Nelson wants to apply his electrical engineering talents to the dash and new wiring harnesses.

So, to answer your question. There's plenty to do. Let's have some fun, and I still have your smoked salmon so don't forget.