RE: [T3] Floor Patching

["Taylor, Jeff" <JTaylor1@cpm.dot.state.nj.us>]

Not saying i wouldn't make fun of you.....that's my specialty.......but
no....not at all.....been there done the patching.  It works surprisingly
well with a bit of sealing after tapping the metal to get it molded as best
as possible.  Pop rivets are like a lure on the end of your fishing
line.....yeah you can try to catch one without it......but man....its just a
simple thing to make life easier.  Its like carrying around duck tape.  Duck
walks into a bar.....says to the bar tender....."got any grapes".  Bartender
says "NO....this is a bar.....get out of here".....duck leaves.  Next day
duck comes back to the bar and says "got any grapes".....bartender
says....."i told you yesterday...no....get out of here....you come back and
i'm nailing your bill to the bar".  Following day.......duck comes back to
the bar and says to the bartender....."got any nails"....bartender says
"no"....duck says "got any grapes"!

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	From:  RJ Latherow[SMTP:RJLATHEROW@atlantic1.com]
	Sent:  Thursday, August 06, 1998 12:19 PM
	To:  'Type 3 list'
	Subject:  RE: [T3] Floor Patching

	Are you mocking me???

	:)
	-rj

	> -----Original Message-----
	> From:	Taylor, Jeff [SMTP:JTaylor1@cpm.dot.state.nj.us]
	> Sent:	Thursday, August 06, 1998 12:13 PM
	> To:	'Type 3 list'
	> Subject:	RE: [T3] Floor Patching
	> 
	> That's right.....pop rivets.....but don't forget to hit your local
	> Department of Transportation Maintenance yard for their old sheet
	> metal
	> signs they have laying around.
	> 
	> 	----------
	> 	From:  Brad Johnson[SMTP:bjohnson@boullioun.com]
	> 	Sent:  Thursday, August 06, 1998 12:03 PM
	> 	To:  type3@vwtype3.org
	> 	Subject:  [T3] Floor Patching
	> 
	> 	Hello List:
	> 
	> 	I'm just about to start a floor patching project and would
	> appreciate some
	> 	hints.  I have a '73 Squareback and the floor pans are
rusted
	> thru
	> in spots
	> 	but are quite clean in other spots.  Rather than replace the
	> whole
	> floor
	> 	pans immediately I thought I would try some patching.
	> 
	> 	My current plan is to bolt pieces of sheetmetal to the
underside
	> of
	> the
	> 	floor pan, seal the edges with silicone and undercoat
(twice)
	> everything.
	> 
	> 	Any (economical) suggestions?
	> 
	> 	Thanks.
	> 
	> 	Brad Johnson
	> 	airlaw@accessone.com
	> 	bjohnson@boullioun.com
	> 
	> 	
	>
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