Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Posted a few pics...

[Paul Hancock <kwikbiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's the same all over DOC, Harleys in the wifes parking spot, AMC parts in the Familly room, ya think they'd get used it  Paul

AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Bill one trick I did not mention that I learned when working in aviation
> is to stop drill the cracks with the smallest drill you have. This
> relieves the stress from vibration and will keep the crack from
> spreading if it ever starts to crack again after the initial repair. You
> have to have the patience of a saint to work on 30+ year old brittle
> plastic. That's why I am building a wooden Jig to screw the grill to
> when I work on it so it won't be damaged. It will probably take 3-4
> hours over a 2 day period to just design and cut and glue and screw the
> wood together for the Jig. It is easier to spend the time to do this
> than to spend the time and money to find another grill. I
>  am a little
> behind as I just finished the last headlight door this morning and now
> have to go run my usual tuesday errands. The wife is not to happy with
> me as she saw the grill on a box in the corner of the living room when
> she came home last night. :-)~ get over it!!!!!
> "Doc"
>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: "William T. Renshaw" <lionwren@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:53:14 -0000
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Posted a few pics...
>
> I posted a few pictures of my Dads trains for all to see. Look for them 
> in Brother B's Gremlin. Brother B. is my C.B. handle and a knickname I 
> got a few years back. Good luck on the grill resto Doc. I have started 
> on my headlight buckets yesterday also. Got them all cleaned up and 
> found out kind of the hard way how delicate that old plastic is. I am 
> using simple green solution to clean them up and the rag caught one of 
> those cracks and cracked it even more! That kind of sucked! :( I got 
> lucky and it didnt completely break off. But all in all its going
>  well. 
> I am not going to paint them yet as I am still undecided what color I 
> am going to paint the car. Today I glue them cracks up, and I am going 
> to try to use some liquid model glue on one of them and see how it will 
> hold up. I have to be and have some patients here, cuz I know myself.. 
> Once I get started on things, I have a tendency to go all out and if I 
> get in a hurry I know myself and I will either really screw somthing up 
> or break somting!! LOL! Stuff happens. Bill Lewiston Id.

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