What Did You do Today - Car Related?

[TFoch]

Nice work!

[Rattiac]

Thanks guys.  Right after those were done. Another bench came in for a old 70's Ford extended cab.  This time I stitched the lines according to the plaid. Not a fan of the colors but ain't my truck 
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[Essex_29]

Wow Rattiac you do great upholstery work!

Now it really bugs me I live half a world away.  If I'd live closer, I'd ask you
to do the upholstery on the Mustang seats for my Buick.

My wife and I did the seats for our '57 Pontiac. The front bench seat took us
two failed attempts and finaly on the third try we got it to look decent. Two weeks
of catching our breaths between ech attempt. Upholstery sure is a skill
that has to be learned!

[Essex_29]

I found a couple pics.
It was an improvement anyway.





This was 12 years ago, all seams are still fine even if we had to use a too thin sewing thread.

[sammons]

Rattiac despit the color, it looks great.

Essex, yours looks pretty good too.

[Rattiac]

Thanks.  That seat looks great Essex.  Looked way better than my first seat.  It was bad,  backrest was crooked and drooped down on one side.
I can't wait to do the 32. Still along ways away from that.

[Essex_29]

Thank you both. My wife did the sewing, she's pretty good at it, though we did use
just a normal domestic sewingmachine. I did the measuring, designing, cutting and
planning. It was fun to do car work together.
Rear seat was comparatively easy, and doors were a breeze, but that front bench...

[TFoch]

Nice work by you and your wife Essex_29!

[Essex_29]

I'm stretching the facts a bit, this didn't actually oocure today, but a couple days ago.
I was out shoping for parts, and had just been buying a filler cap for the rear axle on the buick, then came out and
when turning the key I just heard a soft "poff".
And it was totally dead. I tried tightening the positive cable on the starter, and at best I got another poff, and then
nothing, no matter what I tried. I had planned to have a coffee with a friend, so I  called him and said he might as
well come take me to the caf?, because my car wouldn't start.

When I stepped into his Hemi Jeep, he asked what kind of insurance I have, and after a call to the insurance
company it turned out I have a towing insurance, so I got the car hauled home for free!



The next day I measured the voltage between the positive on the battery and the positive on the starter, and
it showed 12,64 Volts between both ends of the same wire. It turned out the lead close to the battery where
the American style side post battery lead was bolted to an adapter for my top post battery the joint had
corroded. Super simple fault, but it took a bit of thinking and a multi meter to find it.
Cleaned and working again, maybe for another 40 years.

[Rattiac]

Been bombarded with tops the past few months.  Kinda took a break from my own car since I work on cars all day. Had one car with a 45k paint job and another bought for 125k.  These 2 ain't those.   65 galaxy 500 and a 65 barracuda.   Currently working on a GT500 Shelby. 

[FATnLOW]

Went to one of the Cruise Nites ...usually there 3 in the city....

[sammons]

Rattiac, nice. Can't say i'm wild about the bright red top on the '64 Galaxy, but nice job and car.

Ed, your sedan is really looking good.

[TFoch]

Went to one of the Cruise Nites ...usually there 3 in the city....

Your 33 is looking great!

[Essex_29]

Rattiac., great job on the tops!

I had one convertible and it did NOT look like those.

[Essex_29]

I did something I didn't think I'd do, I put an electric pusher fan in the Pontiac. I never liked electric fans.
The visco fan gave up some time ago, so slow traffic has been an issue for years. There's not
enough room for an eighties visco fan, so I've been procrastinating a long time, meaning to
move the radiator forward a bit.  Still too lazy to do it now.
Hope this does the trick for the near future. Or a few years.



The reason for not just mounting a straight up mechanical fan is it turns too fast and roars like a jet.