[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Got My Car Back From The Upholstery Shop Yesterday

["rebade1" <rebade1@xxxxxxxxx>]

And people say there isn't anything like Santa Claus and a delayed 
Christmas present. Glad to hear about them Doc!!! 

Now if you can only convince that guy to move to Minnesota, I've got 
some work for him :-))

Ralph


--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:
>
> It was a real surprise as from the way he was talking it would be at
> least 2 weeks since he would lose the monday after Christmas and New
> years as working days.
> Doc"
> 
> 
> Doc,
>    That's a great suprise. Hope your weekend is as good!
>    Davis 
> 
> AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:
>   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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