BABY's bad luck continues!!

[JohnZ]

Here's the spring-loaded 1/4" hitch pin I use to stick in the safety hole in the open hood support to keep it from releasing; LICS has them. 1/4"-20 bolt and nut also works great.

 

[BarryK]

There's a company that actually makes covers for this purpose.

http://www.1nrcc.com/



Brian

wow!! that's perfect. It's on my list to get!

 

[BarryK]

Here's the spring-loaded 1/4" hitch pin I use to stick in the safety hole in the open hood support to keep it from releasing; LICS has them. 1/4"-20 bolt and nut also works great.

John

that's perfect. Guess I'll order one of those from LICS when I order my distributor parts

 

[BarryK]

Well, took BABY to one paint shop today for an estimate to reapir the blistered paint.

according to this guy, spraying laquer was no problem at all but the placement of the blisters on the hood make it very difficult to do the job without it being noticable unless he sprays the entire hood (just for a dime sized blister) and even the hood spraying success depends on just how well we can get a pint of paint to match. He is sending me to his paint supplier who he says will "take a picture" of the hood and the computer can match the paint up. Once the paint is mixed the paint shop will look at it to see just how close of a match we were able to get.
So far this all sounds pretty 'iffy" to me!!
Geez!!! :confused

I'm going to check out another paint shop tomorrow that was also recommended to me to see what they say.

on the more interesting side of things, the shop I was at today does a lot of Vette work and walking into his shop was like walking into the past. Sitting in the shop were two (2) '57's, a '62, a '72, a '69 a '66, a '56 T-Bird, and one or two other old Vettes but I was so overwhelmed that at this point I just forget what they were. What a collection of cars being worked on. Most are there for complete restorations.

 

[dennisinmaryland]

hood burn

Barry,
Wow. One thing after another. Buit these are the quirks of a fiberglass car.
Sorry I couldn't have been with you that day, I learned from a guy with a 435 horse car a long time ago about the towel trick. He only took it off when the judges got to his car. The nut and bolt trick is good to remember, too. Cause the wind will close your hood for you.
But let me know if you come up with a good paint guy. I'll call Brian at Corvette Specialties (I've had him as a client for years) and ask him about paint guys.
Meanwhile, try to keep on grinning..and enjoying the car.

 

[BarryK]

Barry,
Wow. One thing after another. Buit these are the quirks of a fiberglass car.
Sorry I couldn't have been with you that day, I learned from a guy with a 435 horse car a long time ago about the towel trick. He only took it off when the judges got to his car. The nut and bolt trick is good to remember, too. Cause the wind will close your hood for you.
But let me know if you come up with a good paint guy. I'll call Brian at Corvette Specialties (I've had him as a client for years) and ask him about paint guys.
Meanwhile, try to keep on grinning..and enjoying the car.

Dennis

thanks, let me know if you find out anything good about paint guys

 

[65vettish]

Each time I come to this forum I learn something new! I just wish I hadn't learned this lesson at the expense of another member's misfortune. I've owned my '65 for a year now and showed it for the first time in my local Corvette club's annual car show yesterday. It was a hot, sunny, & windy day. Fortunately, I didn't have the hood up long. I did run out to the garage when I read these posts to check for damage and thank God, there was none. Thanks fellas for the tip.

 

[BarryK]

Each time I come to this forum I learn something new! I just wish I hadn't learned this lesson at the expense of another member's misfortune. I've owned my '65 for a year now and showed it for the first time in my local Corvette club's annual car show yesterday. It was a hot, sunny, & windy day. Fortunately, I didn't have the hood up long. I did run out to the garage when I read these posts to check for damage and thank God, there was none. Thanks fellas for the tip.

welcome to the forum!

I'm not happy about what happened to my car but your reply does bring up a good point. This forum is a place to LEARN. I originally posted this thread because I felt sorry for myself and needed to unload to others who would understand my feelings but as you have shown it also helped others who wouldn't have known better and now perhaps it won't happen to them also.

Now, I'm accepting a $10 donation ( to help me - a poor laid off empoyee - to pay for the paint repair) from all forum members who have learned this lesson from this thread without having to suffer what I just went through.

only kidding!!

 

[IH2LOSE]

Soory for your misfortune.I can tell you the first show I was at with my 66 this was pointed out to me by fellow vette owners,along with the fact not to keep my hood open on a windy day because the wind keeps catching it and could seperated the top of the hood from the frame of the hood.

At first I thought they were busting my chops but a fellow walked me around to show me every one had a rag on there air cleaner.Now when I am at a show and see some with out a rag on there air cleaner I explain it to them and they have the same disbelief as I originally did .

PS I have also returned to my car and found some one had closed the hood.I always assume some one felt it was too windy out and closed it for me

 

[BarryK]

IH2LOSE

I sure needed you on Sun. Where were you??
LOL

 

[IH2LOSE]

IH2LOSE

I sure needed you on Sun. Where were you??
LOL

Are you sure you want to know?

Sunday I was at home watching my children while my wife was with the girl scouts on a camping trip.Stairing at the breakfast table trying to figure out why there was no food or coffe on it.I could go on but needless to say I would be lost with out my wife.
Thats where I was on sunday.

 

[BarryK]

Are you sure you want to know?

Sunday I was at home watching my children while my wife was with the girl scouts on a camping trip.Stairing at the breakfast table trying to figure out why there was no food or coffe on it.I could go on but needless to say I would be lost with out my wife.
Thats where I was on sunday.

LOL
that's funny actually. sorry, didn't mean to laugh at you but here at home it's usually completely the opposite. I do 95% of the cooking here at home so if I'M not here by wife is the one who is usually staring at an empty table.
I was living on my own since I was 18 and I'm about the pickest eater I've ever met so I learned how to cook for myself pretty quick. On the other hand my wife lived at home until we got married (except for 4 years of college). We were about 35 when we got married so by living at home all that time she just never learned to cook as her mother always cooked. She's learning now by watching me and than trying a few new things herself but we both still mostly prefer my cooking. Also, after a long, hard day at work (well, before I was laid off anyway) cooking is actually relaxing to me. I've got my routines down and a lot it becomes a thoughtless motion and after having to deal with customers and problems all day anything that I an tempoaraily turn my brain off for is nice.
Many people even suggested I go to Culinary school and become a chef and my wife really tried to get me to look into that when I lost my job. I can't see that happening though.
My wife use to joke she could burn water while trying to boil it but we are slowly getting her a bit beyond that range now
LOL


now, if I could learn to work on BABY as well as I cook I could save myself a lot of money to mechanics!

Back to YOUR Sun. - instead of just staring at an empty breakfast table, you should have been here with me and the wife and you would have had breakfast and BABY probably would not have gotten sun damaged
:cool

 

[Sting Ray]

Barry,


Sorry I am getting to your posts so late, I have been in Ireland for the last 10 days, but I also am sorry you had to learn the hard way about the paint, have you made any progress with shops, I would think you would want the whole hood painted like the one shop suggested though.

Tom

 

[BarryK]

Tom

no progress yet, in fact I just posted the thread about the paint question 10 minutes ago.
I'm also thinking about calling my insurance company to see if they cover the damage. My comprehensive deductable is only $100 so if they cover the rest maybe I can get it done better.

Ireland sounds great! My wife is part Irish and always wanted to go there sometime.

 

[richscorvettes]

Homemade Air Cleaner Cover

Barry,

Sorry to hear of your mis-fortune at the show. Unfortunately, the paint blistering is more common than you would think and we were warned about it at our first NCRS meet in 1989. My wife made a cover with an elastic base which solved the problem so, if you want to make one yourself, it's not that hard to do - at least it wasn't for her. Here is a picture of what it looks like.

Rich Lagasse

 

[BarryK]

Rick

yes, I found out once I posted what happened on here that the problem is fairly common and people take measures to elimanate it such as placing a towel on the cover, etc. Unfortunatley, I wasn't aware of the problem before it happened to me. I just always saw other cars with their hood up at shows and no towels or anything so I didn't think about it.

Another member actually posted a link for a company that sells covers specifically for the air clear for this problem to use at shows. The one you made is great looking! I can't sew but my wife can a little so maybe I can get her to attempt one for me. Is the material used on yours velvet? that's what it looks like in the picture.

Barry

 

[richscorvettes]

Barry,

Yes, the material she used was black velvet. She just measured the top and cut a piece for that a little oversize and then made the side piece. She then sewed a piece of elastic along the bottom edge for a snug fit. We've used it for years and it's held up well. It's soft enough not to scratch anything and the wind has never blown it off. She said it wasn't that difficult to make and there is probably only $5 or $6 in materials in it, not counting the emblem on top.

I also turn the side mirror outward just in case the sun hits that enough to shine on the door. I also use a quarter inch dowel pin in the hood support in case the wind moves the hood enough to unlatch it as others have already mentioned.

Rich Lagasse

 

[BarryK]

Rich

thanks for the info! it sounds very doable!

John Z and a few others mentioned the potential danger with the hood suppost so at least I'm aware of that now before any other additional problems. I like your side mirror trick too


Barry