Good news and not so good news to report.
First, after 16 months the upholstery guy called to say my seat was ready.
IMG_0823 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
Laura likes them and said they are comfortable, so it worked out since the truck is still not painted, and yes they are stored in her game room.
I have said this before, I'm no painter. I tried when I was a kid, but it just didn't take with me. I have a buddy who was going to help me by doing the actual spraying, but his health has gotten so that he just doesn't feel up to it. I've been waiting until I just can't wait anymore. So I'm doing a "course change, mid-stream", and on Monday, weather permitting, I'm taking the whole basket of parts to a guy who is going to paint it for me. His schedule is 3 months to get the cured painted parts back to me. That is about 1 month to check out my work on the parts to make sure they meet his satisfaction and primed. A month for the primer to cure before paint, and a month for the paint to cure. We'll see how it goes.
I guess I'll start back on the 54 for a bit, so I'll have something to do.