72 TA : New Project - Page 42

**njsteve** · #**411** 07-13-2007, 04:09 AM

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).

**njsteve** · #**412** 07-17-2007, 04:05 AM

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:

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?

**SS427** · #**413** 07-17-2007, 04:07 AM

Wow Steve, the lengths you go to. Unbelievable!

**njsteve** · #**414** 07-17-2007, 04:09 AM

Nobody tells me I can't do something!

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

DarrenX33 · #**415** 07-17-2007, 04:16 AM

Weirdo!

Man, Steve you really are an inspiration. You never fail to impress. Great work as usual.

**Xplantdad** · #**416** 07-17-2007, 04:35 AM

Someone get Steve an 8 track...quick!

**KevinW** · #**417** 07-17-2007, 04:42 AM

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

**Dave Rifkin** · #**418** 07-17-2007, 05:40 AM

[ QUOTE ]
Nobody tells me I can't do something!

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

[/ QUOTE ]

You can't restore my 1969 Corvette...

**njsteve** · #**419** 07-17-2007, 05:42 AM

Oh, that's easy enough...send me the title so I can restore that first.

**Mr70** · #**420** 07-17-2007, 06:18 AM

What's your address Steve.

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