Sunday, January 30, 2022 -- Long Beach Car Swap Meet -- Part 30 -- Wood rim - just the rim...

 

Friday, February 18, 2022 -- Manhattan Beach Pier

Beautiful day.

Start of a three day weekend for some people.

Lots of people and bikes at the pier.

 

Monday, February 14, 2022 -- Late afternoon -- Full Moon

 

Lotus Book - Series Two -- Coterie Press 1999

 

Sunday, February 13, 2022 -- LB Car SM -- Part 4 -- 2002 Boxster Rear Trunk Lid

Used 2002 Porsche Boxster Rear Trunk Lid.

What the car looks like.

Decklid as on an actual car.

Tape residue from packing tape.

One ding on the decklid.

Storing in the rear trunk of the 914.

Fits well.

My targa top rear rubber retainers are broken.

If they weren't, they would work well in holding the edge of the decklid.

Trunk lid closes OK.

 

Sunday, February 13, 2022 -- Box from TS -- Part 5 -- Dinky Mercedes-Benz 190 SL

 

Aluminum Kennedy Tackle Box -- Part 6 -- Dent repair

Gathered all the smaller hammers.

Only used the plastic head hammer.

It worked perfectly, along with a piece of wood used to reach the inside of the lids.

After the repair.

It's not perfect but much better.

The lids now line up the latches well and close easily.

Not going for perfection.

This is functional and close enough.

Here's what it looked like before the repair.

Pretty severe denting...

Due to the dents near the handle bracket, the latch in the picture doesn't really line up and the top lid is not parallel to the bottom lid.

After cleaning; before dent repair.

There's a couple of small splits in the lid's aluminum but should be OK as long as the box is not overloaded.

Could epoxy aluminum patches on the inside of the lid but not really necessary since it won't be too heavily loaded.

The inside of the lid showing the location of the small splits.