HM #1065

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Finished trunk

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one more

[LMH]

Looks really nice Jim.
Larry

[berzerko]

carpet is looking great I bought the same stuff from lowes how did you go about binding it and glueing it down

bobby

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Thanks guys. Bobby, I had my wife sew the edging on it and I used Weldwood contact cement (brush, not spray). The nice thing about that carpet from Lowes is that the backing allows it to be stretched. For the wheel-wells, glue 1/2 of it down and once it's set-up, glue the other half, stretching it as you go. It comes out nice and smooth.

Jim

[berzerko]

what I noticed about the lowes carpet is the grain of the material I did some test samples with a serging machine (it wraps the edge with thread)and with the grain it would tare easily
did you use a binding shoe on a regular sewing machine?
regular flamable contact cement?
what about padding?

thanks Bobby

[jwd]

We have a serger but that isn't what you would want to use. Use a roller foot. The vinyl sticks to a binding foot. I used the flammable stuff. I'm a firefighter. What are the chances that I would burn down my shop?   I used Thermo-tec insulation under the cockpit carpeting.

Jim

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We also have an embriodery machine. Here's an example of some floor mats she made for me. Hats, T-shirts, underware and thongs are possible as well as anything imaginable.

Jim

[sstock]

Thong??? LMAO!
Jim's wife knows her way around a sewing machine, her workwomanship is second to none. Wait to you guys see the door pouches..

I got to say, I saw many different Cobra kits in Reno last week and the Hurricane kit is my favorite, a very nice design and well thought out.

[berzerko]

jim what kind of embriodery machine do you have that can handle the thick carpet? I bought my wife one (she picked it out) big mistake if I had my way I would have bought the $5k 6 head pro machine. My problem is I'm a sucker for any kind of machine that has lights,buttons and makes lots of noise I have a cabinet shop full of them and if the shop was bigger I would have more

Bobby

[dwright]

Jim  your car look AMAZING!   Been waiting for you to post some progress pics.   Very nice.. A while ago you mentioned you might be selling some floor mats.  I would be very interested,   Thanks again for the pics.  Darren HM1017

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Bobby,

I'm not sure what machine she has but I know it cost $7000. The demonstration where she bought it showed them embriodering onto thick carpet. She can design something on her computer, save it to a flash drive, plug the flash drive into the machine and it does everything else (except you do have to change the thread color when it tells you to). Her sewing room has more cool stuff than my shop. She has all the latest gadgets. 3 sewing machines, a serger and the embriodery machine. And she thinks I'm obsessive  

Darren,

 When things slow down around this zoo, I may make a few floor mats or custom items available. That decision will be made at a much higher level than me (my wife  ).

Jim

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I finally finished the carpeting.  Doing it one handed sure slowed me down (had hand surgery 6 days ago). Just a couple more small projects and I'll be posting a finished thread.

Jim

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one more. Notice the heated seat connections. Must keep the wife's rear warm.

[cobraspit]

i am liking this very much how sweet yet so deadly.
you have done an extreme job on your ride.
kids do not try this at home 8-).
cs.