Friday, November 6, 2020

Old & Rough Tool Case - part 28 -- Cleaning leatherette and the paint splatter off of the left hand side of the case

This is after cleaning the dirt off of the leatherette on the left hand side of the case.
This side has many places with paint spots...


The next four pictures show some closer pictures of the paint spots...




After cleaning/scraping off the paint spots.

 

1995 Car & Driver Magazine's Road Test Annual

This entire issue is a compilation of all the comparison tests that the magazine did in 1995.


Just the fact that they had seven two door sporty coupes/hatchbacks to compare in the same price range is surprising compared to today's market...

The winner was the Acura Integra GS-R.


Seven upscale sedans...

The BMW 325i came in first & Mercedes-Benz C220 came in last...  A little surprising...



Comparison of six mid-sized wagons...


The VW Passat GLX won...


Five Large Luxury Sedans...



The Lexus LS400 won.  I've spent some time in this car & the impression that it left was of supreme quality, engineering excellence and refinement.


Nine compact sedans...



The Dodge Neon Sport won (?!).


Four upscale sporty coupes...


The BMW M3 won.


Three European luxury convertibles...

Surprisingly, the Saab won...


Another coupe test of four cars...


The Acura Integra LS won...


The Chrysler Cirrus was the Motor Trend 1995 car of the year?!

 

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 -- Manhattan Beach Pier

 The winds & humidity returned pretty much back to normal.
Winds are blowing generally in (from the ocean/west to inland).
Humidity today was around 55% mid day and is around 66% now in the early evening.

1996 Nissan 300 ZX Brochure











 

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Old & Rough Tool Case - part 27 -- Cleaning the paint splatter off of the top of the case

There's several paint spots on the back half of the top of the case.
I had previously cleaned the front half.
To take the paint off, I used a razor blade and very carefully scraped off the paint from the leatherette, while trying not to damage the leatherette.
It's a tedious process of taking off a tiny bit of paint with each scrape of the blade.
The larger stain on the left side of this picture is the one being worked on.
This is before I started...


This is an "in process" picture showing about half of the paint scraped off of the leatherette.
It's coming off is very small pieces/flakes.
Because the leatherette has high and low spots in the simulated leather grain, it's tricky to scrape out the paint from the low spots...


Another "in process" picture.  About 1/2 of the paint is gone at this point...


After finishing the scraping process.
From any kind of distance, it's hard to tell where the paint used to be...


Repeated the above scraping process on all the paint stains on the top of the case.
Cleaning of the top is pretty much done.