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Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:49
AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Got My Car
Back From The Upholstery Shop Yesterday
Doc,
That's a great suprise. Hope your weekend is as good!
What
a surprise yesterday when I was leaving the house when my cell
phone
rings and it is the owner of the upholstery shop calling to tell
me the
car is done. A bigger surprise was the final price. 650$ I waited
5
months for this shop to take the car to do the 2 bucket seats.
Christmas
day when me and the wife and 2 son's were going to my
daughters I
discovered the back seat had some splits in between the seat
insert
pleats. They use some kind of heat to simulate a pleat seam and
stitching
at the factory and that is where they always split. I had
bought 3 yards
of the factory insert material without the phony pleats
and stitching
from a place in Oregon for 145$. The upholstery guy said 1
1/2 yards
would do it but I always think ahead and just to be on the
safe side
bought 3 yards. The upholstery shop sewed the insert material
and made it
match the factory pleats. You could not tell the difference
between the
factory and his work, although I think his work is far
better. He also
did the complete bottom cushion of the rear seat that
had the splits. I
didn't get an estimate for the job but figured the 2
buckets for 800$ and
200$ for the back seat bottom cushion. So 650$ for
such beautiful work
made me very happy and it also offset the extra
money I will have to pay
the soda blaster for the rear window louver
tomorrow. I did however find
another slight problem. I have a water leak
on the drivers side in the
front. The carpet was damp near the kick
panel. So the yellow Hornet will
have to sit outside so the orange one
can dry out in my garage and when
my friend has time I will take it to
his shop and let him find and fix
it. Also it was a good thing I bought
the extra material and was able to
do the rear seat, and there is enough
left over to do the 2 buckets in my
yellow car. They will be done in a
week or 10 days too. I am a happy old
man. :-)~
"Doc"
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