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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 08 9:08 pm
by Anonymous
Fantastic work Dave, shame about that mishap with the paint....I can hear you cursing now. You've made some great progress and I can't wait to see the car finished....keep it up
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 08 10:38 pm
by Dave-R
CRAIG wrote:Im sure chargers should have 6 bows.
Maybe. They are longer than the As and Es.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 08 10:46 pm
by Anonymous
8 bows in all , 6 for the main roof & two short ones on each sail panel.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 08 10:05 am
by Anonymous
Adam you cant count the 2 small ones.
Thans not fair.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 12:24 pm
by Dave-R
Well I take my hat off to anyone that can put a headliner in without making an arse of it.
I have given up! It has got to the point where I have spent enough time and effort. I have done my best and thats all I can do. It will have to stay as it is.
Unless I have another go from the start again at some point.
I wish I had put some sound deadener in there first as well. The roof sounds like the lid of a biscuit tin.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 12:30 pm
by Anonymous
Looks good to me Dave, i think your just too much of a perfectionist!!
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 12:32 pm
by bananaskin
Same here, but i guess it may look different in the flesh.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 12:55 pm
by Anonymous
Dave, well done...
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 4:18 pm
by Dave-R
It is full of creases and wrinkles. The sail panels in particular are terrible.
But I have other priorities. Like getting the car running. The fancy bits can be sorted at a later date.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 9:39 pm
by Anonymous
Looks fine to me Dave, you should change your signature to "the secret to happiness is not being a perfectionist" !!
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 08 11:09 pm
by Anonymous
looks good to me, hope mine looks that good.
Have you tried a little steam to get the wrinkles out?
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 08 8:41 am
by Dave-R
CRAIG wrote:looks good to me, hope mine looks that good.
Have you tried a little steam to get the wrinkles out?
There was plenty of steam comming off me while I was fitting the bugger.
I will give it a go with something once I have a complete interior.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 08 9:24 am
by Ivor
Dave, I know how tough it is to get a headlining perfect, so unless you've managed to get Alex out of retirement, to do it for you, this may make you feel better.
I had exactly the same creases in the sail panels and try as I might I couldn't get rid of them...in the end, I thought shall I get this thing to the Nats or start again...I went to the Nats with the wrinkles and I got over it!
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 08 9:39 am
by Dave-R
To be honest. I am over it already.
Moving on......
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 08 5:53 pm
by Dave-R
Took the dash to bits this afternoon.
What a mess. Made worse by being full of fire extinguisher dry powder.
Got to start somewhere so decided to clean up the dash frame first.
I vacuumed it. Then wire brushed the rusty bits. Then sprayed it with rust converter.
Tomorrow It should be ready for paint.