What Did You do Today - Car Related?

[Rattiac]

Looks good. 👍

[EDNY]

Rattiac something to consider is we start an upholstery category? I have a Juki L-563 but no one around here to show me the tricks of the trade.

[sixball]

Good Idea. In 1957 my mother and brother upholstered his '39 Ford coupe, everything but the seat which was done at a friends shop. They had little for patterns but it came out very nice. Years later Mom and I did several seats for some of my cars. I wish she was around to guide me on the roadster seats.

[sammons]

My friend I worked for at the parts house came by, was having difficulty installing a new windshield in his son's '70 Chevy shortbed 4x4 he's building.   Lol, got down there and he had
put the rubber on the w/s opening and was trying to spoon in the glass. 

So we pulled rubber gasket off cab and onto the glass, brought my rope just incase he didn't have one. Wiped some dish soap on the rubber and zipped it in. His mechanic hadn't left yet so really easy with two on the outside and me pulling rope on the inside.
Sure beats doing it by yourself! 

[sixball]

My friend and I wrote a song, "Window Shopping With Tom" about our experience haveing a young guy at a glass shop put a windshield in my '68 flatbed. He broke 2 windshields and ruined 2 gaskets while blaming it one the gaskets I bought from Golden State Auto Parts a local Chevy/GMC repro parts place. How many places in the world actually make those? It took him 3 days and at the end wanted me to pay for the broken windshields. On the last night when he told me that I had to pay for his stupidity my friend saved his life by dragging me outside and telling me to stay out while he payed and got the truck outside. The new windshield is very nice and does not leak. We only paid the original quote. 

[sammons]

Lol,  there were a few shops in this area back then that use to try that. I have run across a couple of those aftermarket gaskets that just weren't quite right, but most aren't bad.

We use to put in a lot of windshields before they went to urethane glue in's and the insurance glass mafia.     You do break one once in a while. Our glass co would give us free replacement and chalk it up to freight damage, so you know it didn't happen much.

We did have an upfront policy on used customer suppied glass that if it broke it was on them. Used glass with little chips can break easy with little pressure during rubber gasket install. '59-'60 Impalas, full size, Elcamino were always scary new or used. Never broke one tho, lucky I guess.

[sixball]

The place where I got the gasket is a fairly large mail order mostly after market GM and Ford parts place. What the sell is the same stuff all of those places sell. It comes in the same package with the same number on it. I don't know what size cord you use but I could have hanged this guy with what he was trying to use or pulled my truck with it. It all goes back ton how few places now can work on old stuff whether it's glass. engines, or ....... I guess we'd have a hard time finding someone to do spokes and fellows on a wagon wheel to.
http://www.golden-state-parts.com

[sammons]

The couple I had trouble with were friends purchase and the were really tight and glass channel was a bit too skinny, also made in China. Cheap Ebay deal.

I replaced my rope/cord in '79, think it was a cotton type blend. Dad soaked it in straight dish soap and pre stretched it. Still good to this day!  It's 13' long and 3/16" thick. (Closer to 1/8" now.  )

[sixball]

What he was using was closer to 3/8 or 7/16. It is amazing what dish soap will do as a rubber lube. I use it mounting tires.

I spent a couple of hours washing front axle and spring hardware and finishing up the breathers on the roadster valve cover.

[FATnLOW]

Going to cruise around tomorrow ...deliveries to make

[sammons]

Ed, were about a day ahead of you on the temps. But about 5° colder, supposed to be 64-66 here today,  and 60-62 tomorrow. Sure beats the 42° they had forecast 2 weeks ago.

A friend of mine's son did a swap and got 2 cars in trade. 1st was a 68-9 Nova 2dr, but rusty but the 250 l6 and power glide are ok. Just grabbed 2nd car yesterday afternoon. Man, kinda up my alley for a driver...just a year to new (preference 70 and older on Chevelles) . 71 2dr ht, 350 auto, bucket seats and console (staple shifter). A bit of rust, but wouldn't worry about parking lot dents!  .

This is the kinda stuff that use to be common trade stock around here, (with out all the rust!)  Sure wish it still was, times a killer.

[62131]

that's not rust that's patina, people pay extra for that

[sammons]

that's not rust that's patina, people pay extra for that

Haha, your right!  I don't get it, but your right on these days.

To me Patina is just faded paint, Patina = needs a new paint job.
Rust is rust, Rust = Holy hell where does it stop.   

[FATnLOW]

Working on front dented and crunched roll pan...still a ways to go..welding cracks replacing holes with metal...

[sammons]

Ed you got some work ahead of ya. Little pieces seem harder than a big fender. Lol

I got all the stuff dug off and around the coupe in Hope's of work tomorrow. Went to push it back and away from the wall. Holy crap, it wouldn't budge! Got the floor jack out, went to jack rear up...sounded like peeling duck tape off the roll. It was glued down, all freed up and over now. I suspect the heavy Pinesol floor cleaner, i used a lot of it when I found out my "House Guest" hated the smell!