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RE: latest Shortbus Production - 6/21/2006 1:24:49 PM

Greenblade

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just a crazy question, Mr. Shorts: do you/have you/would you be interested in putting those skills towards a leather kit for the dash peices? Remember that piano black dash that hummbob posted a link to? a leather kit to cover the dash is what i'm thinking.

like that only remove wood add leather.

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RE: latest Shortbus Production - 6/21/2006 1:50:24 PM

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i've thought about it, but i made a leather dash for a Karmann Ghia I rebuilt, and it doesn't stand up to sun very well. i'm not sure what kind of protective coating comes on upholstery leather, but i've never found anything that will protect tooling leather the same way. it would also need to be glued to the existing dash pieces, or spares if you had them.

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RE: latest Shortbus Production - 6/21/2006 7:32:26 PM

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i've thought about it, but i made a leather dash for a Karmann Ghia I rebuilt, and it doesn't stand up to sun very well. i'm not sure what kind of protective coating comes on upholstery leather, but i've never found anything that will protect tooling leather the same way. it would also need to be glued to the existing dash pieces, or spares if you had them.

with respect to protecting the pieces, if you left the very front of the dash plastic, as it is, the vertical windshield and generally horrendous aerodynamics of the H2 should work in ones favor, as the dash doesn't see much sun. just in the waning hours of the day if parked towards the light, but those aren't peak UV hours anyway.

outside of that, leather protection is a pretty big market, my biz frequently involves pepole in the coatings industry and i'm sure somebody somewhere knows what to do about that, and i could ask around. a suitable product may be found via google as well, i'll check later.

but its 1000% up to you. if you want a guinea pig, i humbly volunteer. i'll ask the dealer about getting some spares.

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RE: latest Shortbus Production - 6/21/2006 7:49:11 PM

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i have a carbon fiber add on in the bus (there when i bought it), and if you're thinking something along those lines it would leave no area for any tooling. there's no way i'd be able to make something like that and be even close to competitive with some of the mass manufacturers out there. aside from a stitcher, the only machines i have are attached at the wrist, it would just take too much time. i appreciate the offer though, even though all you've seen is a pic of one item i've made.

as for the protectants, i've got a few that claim UV protection, even for outdoor items, but they don't work well. my tire cover has faded quite a bit in 2 months, and it only gets morning sun.

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RE: latest Shortbus Production - 6/22/2006 11:45:44 AM

Greenblade

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ok. i had to ask. as far as i know, there are no leather kits for the H2s interior, which is too bad.

thanks anyway, short

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