My next project "La Petite Chanteuse"

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Another day doing mindless little tasks that while important to me would go over the heads of many people.

Tony who does most of my trimming and I are from two different generations, while he is happy to use velcro to secure the carpet to the floor etc, this is not acceptable to me. Much of this afternoon was spent removing the velcro and replacing it with traditional carpet grippers and press studs. Who cares? well I do. I am sure that no one else will even notice. I then spent an hour or two removing the side trims in order to tidy up the interior of the drivers' side glove/map pocket and covered the previously painted gussets on the door pillar brackets with some off cuts of hide. In the words of the old song, "little things mean a lot". It is a bit like scratching about in old tin-cans and screw top containers to find the correct slotted head screws.

Bj.

It is a bit like scratching about in old tin-cans and screw top containers to find the correct slotted head screws.

Here in Australia, as I suspect most places, slotted head screws are only available at the more specialised Fastening Suppliers (at a premium) or in out of the way hardware shops that have old stock due to slow turnover.

The latter are becoming increasingly difficult to find. I tend to buy them when I see them and hence the old tin cans and screw top containers. Those or cardboard boxes but they fall apart if they get wet. I have shelves full of containers of nuts and bolts and screws

Bj.

To give you some idea of scale, the black containers on the top shelf are/were 5 litre oil bottles. All are virtually full to the top with second hand nuts and bolts waiting to be sorted into thread types. This job is not considered urgent as I almost never use second hand nuts and bolts, unless absolutely necessary. At various times in the past I have given away 20 litre drums full of assorted nuts and bolts.