[DeTomaso] Headliner

[Douglas Kelm]

I'm sure Mom will be tickled pink to find out, after nurturing you from
fertilization through high school, that she has now achieved the status of
"human C-clamp!!!!  ;<0

Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <scottcouchman at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headliner


>
> In a message dated 4/9/07 3:28:18, scottcouchman at yahoo.com writes:
>
> << Mike, what a great way to spend Easter weekend. I need to re-do the
> headliner in my car and your report has me thinking I'll wait until I have
an extra
> pair of hands around to help before I start the project.  >>
>
> >>>I got my new headliner from Marino at Pantera East, and it was a
perfect
> match for the original--he found the OEM manufacturer and was able to get
them
> duplicated perfectly.
>
> The problem, of course, is that then the rest of the similarly-upholstered
> pieces were yellowed with age.  Kirk Evans was visiting and said, "shoot,
I can
> fix that easily".  So I packed up all the pieces (and the sunvisors) and
> shipped them off to him, along with a swatch from the new headliner for
> color-matching.  In a week or so, I got everything back and it was
PERFECT.  I don't know
> how he did it, but he sure done dood it!
>
> Getting everything to line up again is a real chore though--it can be done
by
> one, but it is infinitely better to have two people (although one can be
very
> non-mechanical--basically a human C-clamp! :>)  )
>
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