[T3]

[big.al@bigblackdot.net]

Toby and Dave on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at 2:22 PM -0600 wrote:

> Holy reminiscing, Batman, Big Al is back!  Where da heck you been?
> Toby Erkson

and

> Welcome back, Al.  Long time no messages from you - hope you've just been busy.

> I agree that any floor insulation pads need to be removeable, but certainly
bonding them firmly to the whole floor would reduce road noise and
drumming.  I
guess some sort of carpet adhesive would work OK.
I don't expect water will stay out forever.

> Dave.


</lurk>

He, he, he...  sorry guys

Yeah, long time, no E.

Been busy with work and borderline burnout for a while.  Then a few
months ago I stumbled on my car-building urge that was sitting in the
back corner of my closet.  A bit dusty, but it's cleaning up nicely... 
the urge that is... and now I'm remembering how much fun it is to work
on a car that "I" can work on instead of dealing with dealerships or
ODB.  ;)

Lately, I've been working on a light-side 70 FI AT A/C SQBK (can I fit
in any MORE acronyms?) to become a daily driver and drawing up plans
for another T3 in the very-dark range.

Dave: I usually don't glue my carpet down.  Just seal the pans really
well, then if the interior does get wet, I can remove the carpets like
mats and clean up.  But if someone else did want to glue them, I just
wouldn't think POR15 would work as expected.  (the carpets will need to
be glued to a heavy material backer to be used like my mat idea.  The
usual carpet kits won't stay flat in normal passenger traffic.  So find
some heavy rubber sheeting, glue carpet, cut edge, then it will retain
shape and be removable when you need to.)

So, what all did I miss?  ;)

Any good gags like the old days?

Big.Al
Houston

<lurk>

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