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From: "AlphaChi" <alphachi@usa.com>
To: <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:35 AM
Subject: Nibbles and bits: Carpet, Oil...
>
> CARPET:
> I'll be posting the info for the carpet shop and contact person and all
that
> on Monday. Meanwhile, you can shop salesco online to look at some carpet
> samples, they'll gladly send you a small swatch (and I do mean small).
> They also have a lot of stuff not on the net, and the carpet shop they us
> probably has some too. If you want to duplicate the OEM, they can
probably
> get very close. Now, before anyone goes "oh no, not a cheesy catalog
> place", keep in mind the carpet guys are a small independent shop salesco
> farms out their work to. I've spoken to the proprietor of the shop and
he
> seems nice and he's been at this his whole life and trust me, he is very
> independent. He seems to really take pride in his work. Salesco has
been
> nice enough to help arrange this, after all, there are not THAT many
> Bricklins out there, so let's not try and cut these people out once a
> pattern is obtained. And, as I said, whatever costs Salesco does not pick
> up in obtaining a pattern by doing your install, I will, and before you
> leave the shop with your new carpet! I've already yanked out my old,
> mildewey stuff. So please, somebody come through this time.
> BTW, Salesco also carries some Jeep seats that line up with the Bricklin
> mount perfectly (actually, some have suggested that the OEM seats are
Jeep).
> I believe Todd Rapp also went with one style of these seats in a "spice
> brown" vinyl which he said was a pretty close color match to the
> original--sorry, no suedette.
>
>
> OIL FILTERS (351W):
> I last recommended AC Delco's new ultra filter UPF-20, since it had a very
> good check valve and small micron porosity yet extremely low resistance,
in
> fact the lowest I've checked. However, these are slightly taller than
their
> crossover, the FL300, and may not clear. As you know , Bricklins were
> created anything but equal. However, Fram's XG43, which purports fine
> filtration, durability, and a very good check valve, is much shorter
> (similar to Motorcraft's FL300) and should clear without any problem.
This
> filter does NOT have any Teflon in it, thankfully. All filters are
> definitely NOT created equally.
>
> regards,
> stephan #2821
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