Is 2blu442 still posting? looking for him

 

Don't know, hasn't been on in a month.

 

I know he gets busy during the summer not sure if that's the case or not .

 

I touch base with John periodically via personal email. Last time I was in touch he mentioned:

So I'm guessing that's what's up. His work does take him away from the home puter for weeks at a time though. I'm sure he won't mind if I share this with you.

 

I've been in touch with him within the past week or so.

Allan would probably be able to say it best: Sometimes you've got to do things that don't involve the computer.

- Eric

 

Allan, If you think it OK, let him know I'm trying to contact him. It was prearranged some time back, but the delay is my own fault.
Thanks for the report though, things will lighten up after awhile I'm sure. Regards

 

I was in touch with John last month - I was concerned that an Oregon black bear had him for dinner!
He is alive and well, very busy with work and also working on his house, garage, shop and carport. He has to make the best of these rain-free summer days. Send him a PM - he should respond in a few days.

 

Haven't seen Big Jerr in a while either.

 

I have to say I really love C O and how all the members check on each other !!!!

 

And I thought we had a possible love connection on here

 

Where has cutlassgal been? She may be building an addition for all her trophies. She was on here all the time. I hope all is well.

 

Yeah, life gets busy sometimes. I hope the other folks that haven't been on for a while are doing OK. We've lost a few members over the years and unless someone posts their passing we wouldn't know what happened to them.

Email sent KC

John

 

Welcome back John! Don't ever be busy with life again!

 

Glad you are okay and doing well John.

 

Glenn, visit the "New Good Morning Thread" and you'll re-connect with Sandy. It's a thread for more of a social gathering place where it's more about what's going on in life instead of car stuff. Sandy likes to share stuff - happy reading.

 

Thanks Allan. I don't think I ever corresponded with her but I enjoyed seeing how much she loved her car and enjoyed it. She had no problem jumping in the middle of this make dominated thread. I have never visited the good morning thread. I will do that but doubt I will be very active due to time constraints. Thanks for the info.

 

She contacted me last night regarding seat covers - looks like she is getting a new interior on order, and all the MAWs to go with it.
Hopefully she will start a thread on the makeover...

 

Rob:

She contacted the right guy for interior makeover.

 

I am just preparing to sell her one of my anti-MAW hats...

 

Based on how good her car looks, she may not need your front end rebuild thread. I guess the MAW hat would be good for the interior and the front end.

 

Sandy has the A65 split bench seat with armrest. It has the combination naughahyde and cloth trim instead of all naughahyde like the A51 cars. From what she was saying (last year and this year) she was looking for the cloth and found a source. It's only the front seat she's looking to fix IIRC. The cost to replace the cloth and vinyl is horrendous, and apparently the upholstery shop needs more cloth than was originally thought. They also need the full width/depth of the seat so there are no join seams except at the piping for the cloth insert.

Like many of us, Sandy doesn't have the skills (yet) to do these types of repairs so it will be farmed out and I believe she has chosen a local company to do the work. Likely the best you can hope for is if she drops in to see how it's done and takes some pics or asks the shop to take pics as they go, but most shops don't do that. Otherwise it will just be a 'before' and 'after' shot, not a thread on restoring. I'm sure the car will look and smell (new material always leaves a fresh new smell I think) amazing when it's done.

Don't get me wrong - she has a very nice car, just that all her mechanical or cosmetic detail work is done by others. Allan H (Bluevista) did all the engine compartment detailing including painting the engine and did an incredible job. Too bad he doesn't frequent this site anymore. His humor and attention to detail is missed. I think it all had something to do with the sale of his 71 Blue Vista Cruiser a couple years back.

Sandy does a great job keeping the car clean, polished and looking fresh though because it constantly wins top honors at the car shows. I believe the last thing that was done was the AC recharge just a couple weeks back.