Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Lamenting the rain.......send it my way! PLEASE!

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to go with Lu on this one, we could use the rain, if you watch the 
weather channel you will see blistering heat over Texas, and no rain. 
Unfortunately this usually means when we do get some rain it is from a 
damned tropical system! And all at once!
Eddie Stakes'
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lumina333" <lumina333@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:20 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Lamenting the rain.......send it my way! 
PLEASE!


> If you all are tired of the rain, please send it my way. Ordinarily
> I would not miss it, but we have been without rainfall for weeks. My
> grass is brown and I have to keep watering my shrubbery in an
> attempt to keep it alive. Plenty of time to work on the Gremlin
> though! I took my seats to the upholstery shop last week and picked
> out colors and fabric for the seats. I decided to keep the same seat
> pattern as the original, but changed colors and fabrics. The
> original was brown vinyl with dark brown vinyl stripe and
> brown/white plaid center sections on each seat. The new pattern will
> be navy with white stripe and blue tweed material in the centers. I
> saved the original headliner and am debating on how to have it
> covered. I was thinking of having it done in the navy with 2 white
> vinyl stripes running along each side. What do you all think about
> that? Also, I don't know if I want to recover the wheel humps or
> not. I peeled off the original vinyl and can use them as a pattern,
> but I am thinking about just having them painted?
>
> The school body shop has my Gremlin taken completely apart - doors,
> glass, fenders, bumpers, hood are all off it. The students are
> getting to see what real metal looks like on a car! The collision
> repair instructor will be getting me a list of items needed to
> complete the project. If I supply all the paint & materials, then I
> only have to pay the school 20% over that for the labor. Not a bad
> deal!
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> I am going to a car show today to spectate, then I will take a
> sample of the navy vinyl to the paint shop and have them match me
> some interior paint for the panels and other plastic pieces. I will
> probably have to dye the door panels, arm rests, and dash pad since
> the new blue vinyl doesn't quite jive with them. ~Lu~
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, GrublinX@... wrote:
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>> Well, I missed my fourth cruise night tonight due to rain. Rushed
> home from
>> work, grabbed the wife and headed off in the Gremlin to south
> Scranton.
>> Though the skys looked threatening, I chanced it because the
> weatherman said "only
>> a slight chance of passing showers". Well, before  I got to the
> cruise
>> location, it started to pour and has not let up in  three hours.
> If this is a
>> passing shower, I sure the hell don't care to see a  heavyt rain.
> Will this ever
>> stop? Like Doc, I worked on this car for a long time  and I can't
> even get to
>> show it off!
>> Charlie
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