It has certainly been some long months. I have now been fretting about the details and execution of this project for what feels like forever. It seems that maybe, barring any further apocalyptic world events, the body shop may just possibly be getting ready for final paint. I.. cannot.. wait..
Except of course I do. But it hasn’t been all waiting at least . For such a project, it turns out most fortuitously, I have the most excellent neighbour. Rino retired from his Italian family business of fine automotive upholstery fourteen years ago. I managed to coax him out of retirement for the last two weeks in exchange for some espressos. I am pretty amazed with how it turned it.
Without further ado, here we go..
Seeing that I have never attempted this, I had no idea how many skinned red cows to buy. Turns out one was more than enough. I bought two. In light of this, I may add a few more pieces. Time will tell. I suppose there is a fine line between tasteful and gaudy. In the mean time, I decided a Resin Racer needs a leather toolkit to be strapped to the front hood/frunk area. I managed to copy an old vinyl 911 one. An actual 356 version isn’t that far off. It basically slopes slightly differently and has a different flap. But hey, Resin Racer! I don’t care!
I managed this without stitching my fingers together or any espresso bribes, so I think I’m slowly improving the skill set. I guess that is part of the reason to build a car.
