Shawkrider's Owner Page

djunod wrote: Go to a fabric store and look at their fake leathers. Almost everyone I've been in has a nice array of fake animal skin patterns to choose from. It isn't as expensive as you think.

I'll try to get a better picture in the next couple days. I'll be working alot, so, give me time. I asked today about pricing, so he's going to find out what it will cost, cause it is special order stuff.

djunod wrote: I had real shark skin boots a few years back. They lasted a long time... actually I think I probably still have them in the closet somewhere. It was a very tough hide.

Cool, just email them the photos and the price's.

Example: photoname #1 $000.00
photoname #2 $000.00

Thanks

McBrain
A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

car guy wrote: Hmmm- a shark skin interior. I'll bet not too many people have done that. And ready for this- It's waterproof!!! Find out where David got his boots, buy 50 pairs, and cut them up for peices. Expensive- probably, but I dont think too many fabric stores will have that. I will ask my interior guy tomor …

Turning blue over here. :+

McBrain
A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

ShawkRider wrote: Well, David said it was tough, so that probably means it wouldn't be comfortable.

I've seen goche do stuff like gater skin interiors, so I really have no Idea.

Yeah Car Guy, I had already thought about the waterproof cracks I'd be getting before I even posted the idea. :+

I see it this way, Bill …

Ok- you can breathe now. Sorry- I've been busy as heck. I talked to him a couple times, but forgot to ask him the prices. I will work on it next week. We are getting 2 feet of snow tonight and tomorrow, so I have a fun weekend planned. I have been spending some time at the body shop, getting my show display stuff ready.I'll be painting next week also.

car guy wrote: So- I beat everyone to the jokes. Although I think it really would be waterproof. Probably not too comfortable. Some nice solf leather would be expensive, but will look good, and ready for the cool part- Nice black, with an electric blue shark embroidered in the headrest, maybe even with the Mako Sh …

It's cool... Snow aye? That's going to be fun.

A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

ShawkRider wrote: Actualy I drew a picture a few years back with the electric blue shark in mind, sort of like a theme kind of thing. Electric Maco Shark ect...

A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

Fun for who??? It's nice after plowing out. I love driving in it. Half of our state will get 20"- 30" of snow ,with a blizzard warning everywhere. The Governor is on TV saying most of the state is shutting down. The airports shut down at 6:30 pm this evening. It's a bad one!!! I was in the garage most of the day working on the wood floor in my van. COLD!!!!

car guy wrote: I checked with my interior guy today. I saw a handfull of different patterns, like the ostrich and metallic looks. I took pics of them with my camera phone. If you are interested in seeing some of them let me know+ i'll send them to you. He said most are really expensive- around $75 a yard. I think …

I've grown up most of my life without having seen snow but, this year it was a white christmas. I was very bahh hum bug about the month but, turned out being great. My wife and I played in the snow for the first time together, likewise with my children. We all had never seen snow before. It was nice.

A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

ShawkRider wrote: Yeah hey, Car guy, go ahead and send me some photos. name the photos so I know what material I'm looking at.

Did he happen to have shark? Doubt it since it is a strange request...

I'll be checking my email to see when the photos arrive.

Thanks

McBrain A Vette is a terrible thing to waste.. …

I'm sure it was nice, especially if you dont have to live with it for 4 months out of the year. It is fun for a little while. It is hard to get anything done. Too damn cold !!!.So far , we have gotten 18" since 3pm yesterday. GO AWAY BLIZZARD OF 95' !!!

car guy wrote: I am at my second job until midnight. If you post your e-mail address here, I'll send them to you from my phone. I didn't write down which one they are, but I can get the books anytime. Let me know...

Does anybody here have an electronic fuel ingnition system?
I heard that it saves you gas without the loss of proformance.
I've known of the Jacobs Electronic Fuel Ingnition System for
a while but, don't really know of anybody that has had a comparable
system hooked up that could tell me about it.

Can anybody feel me in on these kinds of systems?

Thanks

A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

ShawkRider wrote: Click on the icon under my avitar and email me the photos,

I can't post my email address on the web due to webots, they search the web randomly for email addresses and then spam you. I've already recieved spam on one of my accounts already due to a webot finding my old address posted in a forum on …

To whom it may concern...

After the site moved to a new server my MakoShark2.com email account no longer functions, reguadless of my account name and password remaining the same and all of my attempts to restore the account has failed. :'(

At this point I have officially given up on it. For those of you who wish to email me for future reference, use my yahoo.com address.

I wish there was something more I could do to prevent this but, there is not. If you do not wish to use my yahoo.com address, just leave your massage here in this thread for me. I will reply as soon as I see the message.

Thank you for your pations.

A MakoShark2.com email account is a terrible thing to waste... :-(

djunod wrote: Use a real e-mail program, like Outlook 2003, and you don't have to worry about such things. :)

I don't know, I guess you didn't actually try what I said in the e-mail... the server did change, something about your account did change, you need to make the corresponding change in Outlook using the information in the e-mail.

ShawkRider wrote: Well, I'm kind of new to the Outlook thing. I mean I have used it in the past but find things like hotmail and yahoo convenient due to spam. I could always ditch the account and create a new one but, with outlook and I'm sure it's changed, I'm sure if I posted my account, the same results would occu …

I did and nothing changed. I spent most of the day working on it. Deleted the old account and re created a new account with the new information you emailed me that happend to be identical to the old account information I already had. The old account info is the same as the new accout info and I've created and deleted and created and deleted the same crap all day with no change. Thats why I gave up on it. I just posted this to inform people that it's down and appearantly not going back up.

Thanks for careing

A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

car guy wrote: McBrain, I sent you the pic's of the vinyl treatments. Let me know if you got the. I sent them from my cell.

Like I said... it did change, in the computer world a single character makes a world of difference. I had to change my Outlook information to get e-mail from the new server and it went without hitch. The POP3 account name changed from name_domain to name@domain. I even tried yours in Outlook & Outlook Express both and was able to retrieve e-mail (leaving it on the server).

Also, on some systems, case makes a difference as well... ShawkRider is not the same as shawkrider.

car guy wrote: McBrain, I sent you the pic's of the vinyl treatments. Let me know if you got the. I sent them from my cell.

Hmmm, ok I'm flabbergasted, I opened up outlook express and it automaticaly set up my account with me having to do nothing?

I really don't understand how that could have happend considering that I wasn't even using Outlook as my default email client and hadn't even set it up yet.

Now I need to figure out how to import all my emails from my old client to the outlook client.

A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

ShawkRider wrote: Yeah I got them, even tryed to respond back to your cell. I like the last one you sent me. The swirly metalic was cool. Still looking into the Shark Skin idea but, I like what you have shown me so far. Try getting some in the day clearer image photos, those where kind of blurry.

Thanks for helpin …

Hey, McBrain- I finally got the prices for the vinyl. No big deal, but they are a bit steep. The metallic ones are $60 a yard, and the Ostrich type are $65 a yard. I asked him how much he thinks is needed for a 71 Corvette. He says 5 yards should be enough. I wasn't sure if door panels were going to be done. Keep in touch...

car guy wrote: I'll have to try a diff camera. I thought the metallic one would be the last one you'd like. It's definately different. I think its weird. He doesnt have any shark skin or things like that. Anything else though he can get or has. I'll check the cell tomorrow morning.

Thanks CarGuy!

McBrain
A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

ShawkRider wrote: Yeah I could hardly make out the texters via those photos but, I think I got the point. Would love to see clearer images though. The last one that you sent looked cool but, I'd have to see a better example of it to know for sure.

Thank

McBrain A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

First off, I'd like to apologize to the MakoShark2.com members for my negitive posts and to those that I may have offended. I am glad to be back and would love to pick up where I left off.

I love Corvettes, I love custom Corvettes, I personaly dislike 4 Dr Vettes because I am a 2 dr 2 seat kind of guy, but that doesn't mean 4 dr's are wrong. I just hope that in the process of customization, somebody doesn't create hideous from an otherwise beautiful piece of American history.

Randy, have you photoshopped the wagon 4 dr yet? That is the last thing I could recall being discussed before the lights went out. I would like to see it if you have.

McBrain
A Vette is a terrible thing to wast.

car guy wrote: I'll try to get a better picture in the next couple days. I'll be working alot, so, give me time. I asked today about pricing, so he's going to find out what it will cost, cause it is special order stuff.

No. David is the expert on that. I just supplied the basic photo.

ShawkRider wrote: Cool, just email them the photos and the price's.

Example: photoname #1 $000.00 photoname #2 $000.00

Thanks

McBrain A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

Ok, I thought it was you that was talking about it but I guess you were just suggesting it. Thanks for responding.

McBrain
A Vette is a terrible thing to wast.

ShawkRider wrote: Turning blue over here. :+

McBrain A Vette is a terrible thing to waste...

I was just looking at your Owner page (this thread sure is poluted) and notice that you don't have any recent pictures of the rear. Can you send some, along with any current progress pictures?