That really sucks. I'm not saying it sucks because your roof is bent. I'm saying it sucks because I do dumb stuff like this all the time and keep hoping I'll grow out of it. I don't have hope anymore.DPDISXR4Ti wrote:
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I've often said that I'd have fired myself several times over if I worked for me. I couldn't even bring myself to really look at the bent roof panel until the next day - I was afraid it was ruined entirely.anglin wrote:That really sucks. I'm not saying it sucks because your roof is bent. I'm saying it sucks because I do dumb stuff like this all the time and keep hoping I'll grow out of it. I don't have hope anymore.
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As of today, this thing is more-or-less street-able. I took it for a ~10 mile drive, speeds up to about 50MPH, and nothing fell off and the car didn't break in half.
I've got a bunch of things to do over the next 12 days, not the least of which is put some more shake-down miles on it before driving 200 miles to Carlisle. But it goes!
I just haven't had time for pics lately, but now I think I'll purposely hold off and have the "unveiling" at Carlisle.
I've got a bunch of things to do over the next 12 days, not the least of which is put some more shake-down miles on it before driving 200 miles to Carlisle. But it goes!
I just haven't had time for pics lately, but now I think I'll purposely hold off and have the "unveiling" at Carlisle.
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$#!*, i had a dream last night i went to carlisle. Like a realistic dream. Except there were a lot of import cars there and i was thinking i went during the wrong week and i couldn't find the merkurs...
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Imports?? You got lost in the 70-78 Capri section...I was there and tried to wave to you. For some reason you had your underwear on your head and didn't notice.demonfire wrote:$#!*, i had a dream last night i went to carlisle. Like a realistic dream. Except there were a lot of import cars there and i was thinking i went during the wrong week and i couldn't find the merkurs...
The Merkurs were one row up.
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Well, considering this part is underneath the carpet now, I figure I'll share these pics. It's how I addressed the factory paint drain holes in the forward footwells. Roof flashing and some 2-part bedliner repair/adhesive, and all was good. Had to work real quick, as the glue set up in just a couple minutes. Lots of pre-staging, and then go like a mother!
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did you cover them just because you removed the sound deadening? would have been über easy to just throw some soundproofing over the drains.
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Yea, to some extent I was just looking to replace the crumbling tar-mat that I had removed. The stuff I used should be forever and totally water-tight. I'm not so sure I could say that about any sort of stick-on sound deadening material.demonfire wrote:did you cover them just because you removed the sound deadening? would have been über easy to just throw some soundproofing over the drains.
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That's not the Brat's shift knob, is it?DPDISXR4Ti wrote:
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Phase 2 is to make it amphibious.DPDISXR4Ti wrote:Yea, to some extent I was just looking to replace the crumbling tar-mat that I had removed. The stuff I used should be forever and totally water-tight. I'm not so sure I could say that about any sort of stick-on sound deadening material.demonfire wrote:did you cover them just because you removed the sound deadening? would have been über easy to just throw some soundproofing over the drains.
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In fact, it is. It just happened to be the first one I found when I went looking for one, any one. I believe it was off a Saab 900. It served the purpose just fine over the course of Tue & Wed when I put 240 miles on this thing.anglin wrote:That's not the Brat's shift knob, is it?
I feel pretty good about driving it to Carlisle and back now. Can't say I felt quite that way Tuesday, when I pulled onto the highway for the first time - felt more like Chuck Yeager at that point!
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