REFLECTOR: Brand New Door

[Dennis Martin]

Congrats, Al. If anyone ever needs to replace a forward windscreen, let me
know. I learned some excellent methods from Malcolm Collier. FYI, I think
Malcolm moved to Panama for a while to work on a V.

Dennis



On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Chuck <c.harbert1 at verizon.net> wrote:

>  Very nice repair!
>
>  *From:* Al Gietzen <ALVentures at cox.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 02, 2009 7:08 PM
> *To:* reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
> *Subject:* REFLECTOR: Brand New Door
>
>  Finally; the new door and its custom strake extension, etc., and the new
> rear window are complete and Velocity 755V was back in the air today.
> Whoo-hoo!
>
>
>
> And BTW; if I gave the impression that I was upset with the people at
> Velocity; that is not the case.  Ken made every effort to be helpful, as
> did Art when Ken was off to OSH.  These are great people, and, yes a
> mistake was made in one of the shipments, but that happens.  Ken was on the
> spot as well – he doesn’t make the parts.  What I think needs addressing is
> how parts get out the door that are incomplete or faulty – quality control.
>
>
>
> Anyway, the job is done, and is good as new – well; maybe better, because
> now there is a warning circuit for the latch pins not being fully inserted.
>
>
>
> I went with the new version door strut geometry; but it doesn’t live up to
> its promise.  More on that later.
>
>
>
> Al
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All the best,
Dennis
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