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

["blue77gremlin" <blue77gremlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

 Ralph I know someone in MN that does Upholstery work. They are 
outside of the St Paul area. Seemed pretty good too.
                                       SCOTT

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "rebade1" <rebade1@xxxx> 
wrote:
>
> 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"
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
>






 
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