<VV> Turbo Odyssey Part 15 -- Staples and Trim

[Norman C. Witte]

Bill, I ALWAYS assume your tongue is planted firmly in cheek.  I'm glad that
you made your comment (and thanks, Ron for pointing out that the proper part
is available from Lon).  It may be that my purpose in life is to serve as an
example to others.  Using a bandsaw and a fence, cutting the cardboard to
width is no big deal, and neither is gluing it in, but it is just time
consuming because each piece needs to be clamped and with only three clamps
that work well on this it's slow going.  However, I'm about 80% done with
the rear bow, the middle one is done, and that only leaves the header, so I
guess I will just keep at it until I am done.  I have enough to do on the
car that I just do one strip a day and then work on other things.  

Norm 

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Bill Hubbell
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 6:32 PM
To: Norman C. Witte; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Turbo Odyssey Part 15 -- Staples and Trim

Neither did I, until after I ordered that cardboard from Clark's and said to

myself, "There must be a better way", and called a few places.

I find it strange that after all these years, convertible top installation 
is still done more or less the same way -- you'd think they could build them

with pockets that slip into rods that attach to the frame or something, 
instead of putting tacks or staples through the material.

BTW, I was just funnin' with ya, Norm.  Also letting everybody else know 
they don't need to go to all that trouble if they don't want to.

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norman C. Witte" <ncwitte at wittelaw.com>
To: "'Bill Hubbell'" <whubbell at umich.edu>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Turbo Odyssey Part 15 -- Staples and Trim


> How about, because I didn't know such things were sold, Silly Doctor?
>
> Too late to veer off now....
>
> Norm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Bill Hubbell
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:54 AM
> To: Norman C. Witte; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Turbo Odyssey Part 15 -- Staples and Trim
>
> Silly Lawyer.  Why didn't you just go to a local Car Upholstery/Top shop 
> and
>
> buy the modern tack strips in the appropriate size and glue or pop-rivet
> them in.  Once the top is installed nobody will know the difference and 
> the
> newer stuff works better anyway.  That is what I did when I re-did my top
> frames.
>
> Bill Hubbell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Norman C. Witte" <ncwitte at wittelaw.com>
>
> In order to prep the top for powdercoating, I removed all of the 
> nailstrips
> from the frame. These cardboard-like strips are what the top is stapled to
> when it is installed. Replacing these is a laborious process. I purchased
> some cardboard from Clarks that the recommend for the task, along with a 
> jar
> of glue. The cardboard must be cut into strips -- I am using a band saw 
> for
> this -- and glued into place. It takes several layers of cardboard to 
> build
> the strips up to the appropriate thickness. The main limiting factor is 
> the
> number of clamps I have on hand:
>
> http://www.wittelaw.com/personal/turbo/IMG_6937.JPG
>
>
>
>
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