33 Coupe Interior 64        1/08/05

I covered the aluminum with foam and then glued on some material. I also made a top piece to cover most of the latch the same way. To hold the two pieces together I used some 3/4" X 3/4" aluminum angle and cut-and-formed it to bend around the corners. The black stuff that you see under the angle is sticky-backed hook-and-loop (Velcro) to hold it together. There's not a lot of strength by using this method but I didn't really need it here because it's just going to cover something. 
 

 

 

Here is what it looks like with the latch covered and now I don't have to look at the cable and clamp which is under there, but you'd never know it now. To hold the cover to the rear piece,  I used more of the angle aluminum running vertical this time with the hook-and-loop on both sides like the cover has. This makes it very easy to install and remove if needed. After trying to latch the trunk lid, it was hitting the top a little and wanted to move the cover away from the rear piece. I thought I had enough clearance between the two but I guess not. I ended up taking off the top cover piece and removing some of the material so I could grind away some aluminum and then re-glue the material back on. This worked and now the trunk lid closes and clears my new cover with clearance to spare (I just went back and read the last sentence and laughed out load because of the use of all the words with "C" in them....hehe). A few more things to finish up in the trunk area and then I can start installing things on the inside again  :-]
 

 

 

As I was walking to the garage the other day, I noticed a new look in my backyard. The Santa Ana wind was blowing again and this time it brought me something. It was my neighbors storage shed, but which neighbor? I had no idea how far this traveled but there is was. Turns out the next day the owner knocked on the door and wanted it back which was fine by me. The Santa Ana wind blows from left to right (in the picture) which means it flew over my east fence, across my yard and up against the west fence. The neighbor said it was nailed down but it sure ain't now. We had to disassemble the thing to remove it because it was big. The size was about 16 X 14 X 6 feet and was a total loss. I didn't find any wicked witch's under it either...
 

 

 

 

 

 

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