Ready for the trip to FL

[wellcraftv20step]

That really is a nice rig!! Glad the trip went well

[Tunnaman88]

That is a beautiful Rig!!! Shes a looker!!!! I wouldn't think the tundra would have any issues. I see you do all your own sewing.. where did you learn? trial/error?? Do you use an industrial machine?? I think we should do a northeast meet. I would love to see other rigs .. get ideas and enjoy the beauty of the V's. This is my second year of owning a 86 V.. i have done a lot of work.. lots more to do..

[inaforty]

The Tundra did the trip without and issue. Our truck has the 4.6 so it doesn't have the torque the bigger 5.7 does. Think short stroke 283 c.i.

I'm self taught when it comes to canvas repair etc. I have a commercial machine. I use a V92 anti wicking debonded thread. I'm looking at getting a larger machine that will sew a V138 thread which is very heavy. I don't use a gore-tex thread because of cost and our UV rays here are not like down south.
A 1/2 lb of gore-tex thread is around $100.
My Dad did commercial pipe covering for a living. He was great at patterns and did a lot of commercial sewing making pads to cover pipes. Although he never got a chance to teach me I guess it's just passed down thru genes??

I did a set of rear drop panels for a Steigercraft a few weeks ago.

Here is a before and after.


I do mostly small jobs. Next jobs is zippers on a 35' Viking. Looks like I'm going to do rear curtains on a 48' Ocean after the Viking. I work a regular fulltime job so I try to keep canvas repair under control.