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#535669 - 09/04/08 11:48 PM Re: New AACA (unofficial) staff car [Re: Dave@Moon]
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Wow, those seats look like they blew up!!! frown

The best and easiest way to clean leather is to buy a bar of glycerin saddle soap and cut it into small cubes. Put them in a microwave safe container like the ones that ZipLok makes. Gently warm the cubes of saddle soap until they melt into a liquid state. Let that cool at room temperature. Now you have leather cleaner in a tub with a lid that you can keep it in.

Don't use much water with a small round tack sponge (available at horse tack shops and feed and seed stores that sell riding supplies) to work up a dry lather. Use the dry lather to clean the leather. You do not want to use a soaking wet sponge to clean leather. Let the seats dry and buff with a soft cloth.

I have a German-made Passier saddle and this is the recommended way to clean good leather.
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#535697 - 09/05/08 08:33 AM Re: New AACA (unofficial) staff car [Re: Dave@Moon]
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Originally Posted By: Dave@Moon
Looks like a nice installation job. It appears that they even swapped out the front suspension, or at least installed the SHO front cross brace. Does it have the SHO upgraded suspension and wheels?

Also, those seats look very nice. cool Way too often at this age they look like this. Keep after that leather, it doesn't hold up well.

Dave
I believe the whole front sub-frame was swapped out. I think that would probably be the easiest way of doing it, anyway. The wheels are SHO, just painted body color like they did for the "Plus" edition. The one thing that wasn't changed for obvious reasons is that the rear still has tube shocks. The sedans had struts all the way around.
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#535698 - 09/05/08 08:36 AM Re: New AACA (unofficial) staff car [Re: West Peterson]
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That thing got a hemi in it, West?

SCHWEET!
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#535702 - 09/05/08 08:43 AM Re: New AACA (unofficial) staff car [Re: stock_steve]
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I believe the word is, "Schwing"!!! grin
Not a hemi, but still, "Schwing"!!! grin


Edited by West Peterson (09/05/08 08:51 AM)
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#535728 - 09/05/08 10:54 AM Re: New AACA (unofficial) staff car [Re: West Peterson]
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Originally Posted By: West Peterson
I believe the word is, "Schwing"!!! grin
Not a hemi, but still, "Schwing"!!! grin


Respectfully, West:

SHO-WEET!
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#535734 - 09/05/08 11:29 AM Re: New AACA (unofficial) staff car [Re: stock_steve]
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ScHOwing!

ScHOAACA???

(I wonder if I'm on my way to getting fired) blush whistle
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#535777 - 09/05/08 03:15 PM Re: New AACA (unofficial) staff car [Re: West Peterson]
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Is that wishful thinking or your darkest fear? wink grin
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