Date:         Sat, 15 Mar 1997 22:40:15 -0600
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ken Hooper <bighouse@mphs.com>
Subject:      VanBondo sneaks email access for a sec ...

>Hey Troops,
>I snuck a second to send a quickie message on a borrowed account.  I am
>not able to recieve any replies to this message at this time...
>
>All is well in VanBondoland but not swell. I was swept up in a
>"downsizing" and am now searching for new employment and will
>perform the duties within Arizona. I probably will find a way to
>purchase the hardware and software needed to continue on with what I
>know to do and "contract" from the RustyRanch. I have been eye-balling
>the '57 single cab and wondering just how much I could get for it and
>all of the treats that I have for it. I have nearly everything to put it
>back to a stock "pseudo-European."  Hmmm... box on wheels vs a box on
>the desk.  Tempting, very tempting. True to her spirit Mrs. VanBondo
>said to keep it and figure some other way. "That's my girl!"
>
>VW Content ...
>Subject: Replacing bungee cord for the 65-67 Camper curtains
>
>Located several sources for "shock cord" for holding the curtains in
>place. Try tou local hiking and camping places or fabric clearence
>warehouses, or upholstery suppliers. I was unable to locate the stock
>medium gray but found white and black in 3mm and 5mm sizes. At each
>location I requested a one inch sample of the options and attached them
>to the back of thier business card with the price per foot. Typical to
>Phoenix was $0.12-15 per foot depending on the guage and the vendor. I
>chose black after testing what each looked like with dirt and grimey
>fingers rubbed on the samples.
>*What to do about the loop holding "grommets?"*
>No vendor had clue one about the brass like metal clamps that retained
>the "loops" on each end of the stock bungees. I ended up at a fabric
>supplier run by a great Jewish family "from the Olt shuel" (old school).
>No slander or non-PC intended but the scene was very cliche'. =)
>The very wise gentleman advised that I shoult use Zipper stops from
>larger sized zippers. Trust me the smallish metal pieces are available
>separate from the zippers and are small.
>Form a loop in the shock cord, place the zipper stop around the shock
>cord and bend the zipper stop around the end of the loop. The gentleman
>at the store used a pair of needle nossed pliers that had a smallish "U"
>groove machined into one of the blades. The groove provides a roundish
>appearence to the crimped metal "zipper stop."
>I purchased the appropriate number of stops for about $0.20 each. I
>chose to avoid the silva vunts (silver ones) and chose the brass.  The
>gentleman corrected me and said that they were "golt" (gold) not brass.
>=)
>I thanked the folks appropriately wished them "Shalom."
>VanBondo will return to the list(s) as soon as I scrounge a computer. I
>feel like a fish (phish?) out of water without one. At least the weather
>is great. 97F in Phoenix today!!!! (Hoo boy, here it comes already.)
>Shalom, (and Happy Easter) to you all as well.
>VanBondo\
>


--Ken
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