I went to Lowe's today to start scouting for interior insulation and panels. They carry a type of MDF paneling called Santa Fe.
I dig the color and it isn't as flimsy as a similar paneling sold at Home Depot for the same price. I believe I should need about 8 sheets for interior.
Some days I wish we had salvaged more of the wood paneling we pulled out of the house we renovated, but it's gone now so no sense worrying over it. Gonna look nice man.
I know what you mean. My grandparents built their house in 1979 and aside from a carpet change in the den, it remained the same until it was knocked down in 2011 by the people they sold it to a few years prior. They had the old school wood paneled walls and the awesome sculpted brown carpets you see in older vans. All of it is long gone.The carpet was almost 30 years old and had maybe a year's worth of wear on it at the time of the demo. Shame.
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So I found a broken wire on my voltage regulator today. I think that's why it isn't charging the battery. I did a few other things I had put off until recently. I installed the aftermarket temp gauge, new thermostat and the proceeded to break off the bolt of the housing while tightening. There went a while and perfectly good housing after I took the grinder to it.
I also removed my overhead console and I think I'm gonna ditch it. We'll see.
You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers This town ain't big enough for the both of us And it ain't me who's gonna leave
So I found a broken wire on my voltage regulator today. I think that's why it isn't charging the battery. I did a few other things I had put off until recently. I installed the aftermarket temp gauge, new thermostat and the proceeded to break off the bolt of the housing while tightening. There went a while and perfectly good housing after I took the grinder to it.
I also removed my overhead console and I think I'm gonna ditch it. We'll see.
Sometimes it’s a few steps forward, a few steps back.
I have a tenant who did wood working for about 35 years professionally. I contracted him to make a new cup holder for the van from the old one and refinish the wooden arm rests that scream "1970's". I'll get them back on Monday and I am super stoked for them. They armrests are oak, so I had him make the cup holder from oak also and then stain them with cherry wood to tie in the maroon paint and the black interior. I wish I had them to take some pics of because they're so cool.
You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers This town ain't big enough for the both of us And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Well, its was sunny a lovely sunny day here in Brisvegas, so I decided to make a start on the van, I need to get it out of the shed so I can get rolling on finishing the fitting of the power windows and central locking. First up fitted the new alternator, refitted the fan shroud, radiator & top and bottom hoses. I rechecked all the vacuum hoses, with a sigh I could see they hadn`t fixed themselves while in storage, they are in a mess, there seems to be dozens of them. cracked and perished as well. I`ve had new hoses for months, not looking fwd to tackling this, maybe I`ll just remove them all and replace each one as I go as and when needed, Tomorrow I`ll fill the rad and engine with a flushing mix and run it, see if I cant get rid of the rust colored water before I add coolant.[u][/u] Once thats done I can back it in and out to get to work on the interior.