From Sande Alesse Casting in Los Angeles.
I can vouch for their reputation.

SAG or NON UNION CASTING NOTICE - Shoots in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 1, 2013. You must live here to submit. This is for "Love & Mercy".

CLASSIC 1940's car: Must be made between 1942 to 1949. We are looking for a sedan in mint condition. If you have or know someone who has this car, please email a photo of the car and your contact info to: SandeAlessiCasting@gmail.com Subject line should read: 40 CAR. Rate is 148/8 SAG plus $150 for the car. We are willing to give a SAG voucher.


"Love and Mercy" is the bio-pic of The Beach Boys.

We got three feet of snow in Southern NH by the ocean.. windblown all over the place but the places where we could get a good measurement was around the three foot mark.
Some parts of the yard appear to have a dusting while other parts are just crazy..

The stars appear to be woven into the fabric.
The sample I rec'd is just a nice!

If you are using your old seat covers as a template, which is usually the case, make sure that you add two inches all around to compensate for the shrinkage that occurred to the old fabric. And you'll need to allow a little more for the welting as mentioned about 1 1/2 inches folded over either a fiber cord or in later cars, a piece of nylon that looks like extra heavy fishing line. The fabric is 62 inches wide in most cases.

BRAVO Larry! Excellent work! Beautiful detail work. I wish I had the time to work on my '55 Clipper.. .. it will come someday ..

I'm close to 60 and saw my first Clipper when I was around 6 years old (1960) It was a '56 if I remember right. Then when I was in Jr High there was a '51 for sale in front of a factory that I walked by every day on the way to school. (1969) It ran and the owner wanted $100 for it. Dad saw it one day as we drove by and said "nope you can't even buy tires for something like that.." As it turned out a classmate bought it a few years later! That and another one. I don't know if he ever got them running. I've since moved away from my hometown. I have a "55 Clipper that needs lots of work. I'm doing work on it as time allows.. this past Summer time didn't allow at all..LOL

Nice work Larry. Always a treat to see your progress!

another suggestion.
Use a product called Evapo-Rust. Clean the penetrating stuff off first the soak a rag in Evapo-Rust and cover the nuts and bolts. Evapo-Rust is an enzyme that eats only rust and nothing else.
I used it on my wife's Subaru Impreza that had rusty disc brake slides. It worked like a charm. No beating on the pins, no torches just Evapo-Rust. You can find it at most auto parts chains, Auto Zone has it. Just make sure that the rag stays soaked in the stuff and the enzymes will do the job.

Prayers for your Mom's speedy recovery Kev.

Could the radiator cost way more than expected because of the surge in copper prices?? I have to have mine done too.. it looked like a lawn sprinkler the last time a ran the engine..