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MarkH

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Progress
« on: April 29, 2020, 05:44:10 PM »
The Aero project seems to go in spurts, grandsons & I made a little more yesterday.
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joefrazer

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Re: Progress
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2020, 06:26:39 PM »
I'm impressed! I'm sure the car didn't look that good way back when new!

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Re: Progress
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2020, 07:49:01 AM »
  Super nice, you should sell tickets for people to ride in it when you get it on the road! I will buy two!
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MarkH

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Re: Progress
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2020, 09:01:10 AM »
Thanks! Grandsons have helped a lot, and yes. it never looked anything like this when I was driving it.
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Re: Progress
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2020, 08:41:24 PM »
Finally got the last of the Sherwood Gray parts painted, and finished up the long stalled sound system.
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Re: Progress
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2020, 03:42:19 PM »
I like Back Speaker in Middle . On 53 Kaiser Dragon the put it on Passenger Side. So Load is setting that side.       
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Re: Progress
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2020, 09:03:13 PM »
Had a full crew today, got a lot done. Should get the hood in a day or two, the underside was a shade darker than the car & the painter wanted to redo it. Boys want to practice driving a clutch so we took it off the dollys this evening and are going driving tomorrow.
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Fully restored '54 Aero Lark
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Barely running'74 Chevelle Malibu

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Re: Progress
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2020, 09:25:54 PM »
Last big piece went on today. Grandsons have been putting a few clutch practice miles on it.
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Re: Progress
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2020, 11:51:24 PM »
Where did you get the headliner?  We have a Willys Aero 55 4dr that now needs a new headliner desperately.

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Re: Progress
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2020, 08:40:39 AM »
Where did you get the headliner?  We have a Willys Aero 55 4dr that now needs a new headliner desperately.
An upholsterer used the tattered scrap of an old one as a pattern to stitch a new one. There are/were a few companies on the internet (& ebay) that claimed to have the correct pattern and original material......I think the price was maybe $250?
Upholsterer said he could do it comparably with a modern rot/sun resistant headliner material I picked...……...turned out to not be, but he did a nice job.
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« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2020, 09:49:17 AM »
Thanks for the info.  We'll start a search.  No one in Vermont seems available to make or even install headliners.  We have two Kaisers that need help in the headliner department. No luck so far.  ( we can find plenty of people to repair oxen and horse team harnesses, go figure )