Re: 72 T/A progess
 

Here are some more of the latest bady shop photos. Enoch is spending a lot of time sanding, priming, resanding, repriming...He's not gonna stop til it's to his satisfaction, despite all my harassment about getting the car done quickly. (which I do appreciate. Though I want to get this car on the road before 2008, which is 173 days away).

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...runk071207.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...nder071207.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...8a/hood1-1.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...268a/hood3.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...268a/hood3.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...268a/hood6.jpg

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

Okay, so I was posting to the companion novel I have of my progress on the T/A, at the Performance Years website and this guy jokingly asks me how I am going to "restore" that grungy old 8-track tape of the "Pontiac Stereo 8-track Sounds for 1972".

Having laid down the gauntlet I decided to go ahead and do just that, just to bust his balz.

Here is the before tape:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...268a/tape1.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...268a/tape2.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...268a/tape3.jpg


I took the tape and scanned all three surfaces of the label into my computer, and converted it into a jpeg. I then spent about 12 hours on the Microsoft Paint program at 800% magnification, erasing all the yellow from the background and from between every single letter, pixel by pixel. It was like Pac-Man on a massive scale. (I should have let my kids do it, it would have went much faster). Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a wonderful thing. Once that was done, I cut and pasted the three images together into one image file. The next fun was the 2 hours of adjusting the size so it printed out in the exact same size as the original decal. I had to keep adding to the length of the image to get it to center properly on paper with the right width and length.

Here is the final version. I printed it out on adhesive backed label paper that I had at the house. A glossier paper would be better but this gives you an idea of how it looks. Now all I need is a nice clean blank 8-track to put it on. Anybody have one?

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...P71600031a.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...a/P7160001.jpg

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

Wow Steve, the lengths you go to. Unbelievable! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

Nobody tells me I can't do something! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif

(except for my wife...and my banker...and the IRS....)

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

Weirdo! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

Man, Steve you really are an inspiration. You never fail to impress. Great work as usual. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

Someone get Steve an 8 track...quick! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

Steve, I checked my stash and could not find a white one that I can part with. Found an off-white one of Spyro gyro that I won't be using https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

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Nobody tells me I can't do something! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif

(except for my wife...and my banker...and the IRS....)

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You can't restore my 1969 Corvette... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

Oh, that's easy enough...send me the title so I can restore that first. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

Re: 72 T/A progess
 

What's your address Steve.