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Stevens
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Great pics and I'd say very good looking work I believe you will have a great 46 when done. Steve
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shadow
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Well with the sewing machine still out and having some extra material I decided to make a small storage pouch that attaches behind the drivers seat, I used the idea from a photo I seen with a canvas company and thought I can make that, now I still need to install some snaps but that is for tomorrow, this will be great to throw some water bottles or sunglasses or any other loose articles that you don't want blown around in the back of the jeep.
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lets go for a rip eh bud
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shadow
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When you get a chance try my seats out I just used foam and if you like I can make some covers for you it was easier than expected. |
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92889
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I may take you up on that.
Or just get your pattern and technique and get my kids to help.
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shadow
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Just finished up on my little storage bag for the back of the seat with some snap buttons and a couple of reinforcing stiches and back on.
I also just sprayed down the seats and bag with some Scotchgard to help when its a little wet out. |
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shadow
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So what do you do when you cant leave the house, you draw inspiration from Jpet and his skills with a sewing machine and lots of good guidance from my wife Michele.
After having such good success with the seats I made some bows from his cad drawings and made a half cab duster to keep the hot sun or a light rain off us. I may make some half doors too for the cooler days, I find my hip/ leg tend to get cold during the fall/ winter drives. This was made from cotton duck just like the seats the only difference is I doubled up the material all around , with Jpets picture's as a guide I fashioned the top, retainers , going back to his post and looking at the details for the corners and stitching, this by no means a replacement for the full top but with our dollar so bad I cant justify ordering up the 10 piece yet, this will be good until then. Edited by shadow - 11 June 2020 at 3:57am |
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dasvis
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Looks great
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1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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92889
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Ok now I want one of those too!!
That looks fantastic!
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shadow
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I have been having lots of fun with this, Michele has had a good laugh too , when I was attaching the rear panel I rolled the seam the wrong way and she said no take it apart we can make this look a lot better than that, this is where her skill helped lots , I think it took me an hour to pull the stitching out of that one run.
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Gil
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That’s looking really good Andy, you did a amazing job on your seats and your half cab duster.
Giles
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Brian3
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That looks great! I've been thinking of doing the same with the way the dollar is. I just need to find a source for the canvas, where did you get your material?
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I wish people would quit hittin' me on the head. MQ
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shadow
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shadow
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picked up some common sense fasteners for the windshield frame and I was shorted 4 of the grommets so installed what I had until I can pick up some more to finish.
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shadow
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so I was able to finish installing the grommets and moved onto some old school waterproofing
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What water proofing method is that?
I’m a bit younger than you.
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shadow
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I used 2 parts beeswax 1 part linseed oil and 1 part turpentine, you slowly melt the beeswax in a double boiler or carefully on a old camp stove , once you melted the wax you slowly add the linseed oil and turpentine to the wax stirring it all together ,, now this is very strong smell of the turpentine so you want to do this out side.
there are two ways to apply this to the canvas one way is you let the mixture cool and then rub it into the material and with a blow dryer or heat gun re melt the wax into the canvas the other is to apply it while its hot , it takes a couple of days for the smell of the turpentine to go away and it darkens the material but it works very good
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shadow
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So i wanted to replace what i had for shifter boots, the trans was a old worn out rubber boot and a cut up glove for the T case and looking into the history mine could have come with leather.
I also asked a question on how they were stitched and other questions and after making my own seats and half cab I thought why cant I make my own boots too, so a little sourcing of some leather I made up some patterns with thin cardboard and my wife new sewing machine and away i go .
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Looks great!
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