VV REOS Part VI

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My first VV Bug, '65, was "The Turd" that had been totaled and fixed once before I got it and while I had it my sister totaled it and another car, fixed it and good as new..... almost. Among the many wonderful things about it, I could push start it, myself, wearing heels, on a decline of only a few degrees. I mean, if you didn't have great spacial aptitude you would have to get out a level to tell there was any decline. Only reason I didn't keep it forever was because I loaned it to some friends to drive from KY to TX. They didn't watch the oil, as instructed, and burnt up the engine on highway coming back. They left it there and someone stripped and burned it. IDIOTS.... my friends.

Feisty Alice

Here's what will hurt... (the bug in my avatar pic is a 65 and restoration is almost complete so I'll be replacing the pic soon)... A fully restored '65 is now worth about $23,000 at auction. That's not even half what the '57 oval window bug is worth in good condition, but still a whole bunch of money.

 

[Killjoy1]

Hehe, tomorrow's the day, tomorrow's the day! I've got a brand new Cisco 306 all ready for it

I didn't realize until I got the tracking just where in Maine they were shipping from. Heck, I could have taken a day off from work and driven over there myself, it's just a couple hours away

I think there's something about Priority Shipping that increases the chance that your package will be overdue for arrival.

Oh, so true. I have a problem with one particular sort facility down in Florida, where every single Priority package I've had go through there has sat there for a week or more before moving on, yet anything I have First Class passes right through and is in my hands in 2-3 days . . . not the fault of the vendor's, of course, but I no longer spring for Priority if my packages are being routed through Florida. It's the only sort facility that this has happened at for me and it happens every single time

 

[house mouse]

I'm gonna document the unboxing with pictures for posterity. Anyone else?

I'm definitely taking pics when they get here. Then they're all getting a good wax to the insides before I use them.

 

[mwa102464]

Not for nothing but I've been running mine for some time now, and it wouldn't be hard at all to have one of these for each hand, Everyone is going to love there VV Woody's for sure

 

[kabonk]

my batteries are here from lighthound ( I love the little key chain flashlights they send ) just waiting for my package to show in Romulus once it gets there I will know my package will be here tomorrow and not taking a trip around the country this is the scariest part of the journey it can go ether way from where it's at

 

[FeistyAlice]

Just got in. DH is doing steaks and then we'll eat. I won't be able to do pictures till tomorrow, after I take him to airport. I can't have three new Woodvils appearing all at once. I'll dry coffee grounds them over night and get them out after getting home from airport.

VV Woodvils
are
STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL​

 

[K-Space]

Maybe me and my vv Woody will take a ride out to the country tomorrow and will eat some peaches.

 

[FeistyAlice]

my batteries are here from lighthound ( I love the little key chain flashlights they send ) just waiting for my package to show in Romulus once it gets there I will know my package will be here tomorrow and not taking a trip around the country this is the scariest part of the journey it can go ether way from where it's at

My new ones came in from Lighthound, too. I ordered Sunday afternoon.

 

[house mouse]

I ordered one of these for my bloodwood/wenge. I think it will work well.


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[FeistyAlice]

I'm definitely taking pics when they get here. Then they're all getting a good wax to the insides before I use them.

I can't stand it. I'm going to pull Curly Oak out and start using him tonight. I have three 2.0 boges that I started, by mistake, yesterday, that just don't do it at 3.7v.

 

[FeistyAlice]

I ordered one of these for my bloodwood/wenge. I think it will work well.


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Very, very nice. I'll bet it will be exactly perfect. The Bloodwood is almost as dark as my Purplehearts but RED, of course.

 

[unsure]

ha just got tracking for the howard feed n wax, didn't expect that
the vv's will be sooner here i think, so for a few days i'll fill the bottles only half full
the batts and spacers may arrive tomorrow

am too excited...

FINALLY I have a reason to use howard feed n wax on a REO other than the inside. Btw again thank you to the 2 sweeties that sent me some. My Tesla has a heavy coat on the inside but now with the White Jatoba/Teak Woodvil I'll laying it on good and thick inside & out frequently.

 

[Della Cirque]

I can't stand it. I'm going to pull Curly Oak out and start using him tonight. I have three 2.0 boges that I started, by mistake, yesterday, that just don't do it at 3.7v.

Darrel has been pretty good lately. Maybe you can use his dog house

Good Luck!

 

[kabonk]

I'll dry coffee grounds them over night and get them out after getting home from airport.

what does that mean please?

 

[Della Cirque]

what does that mean please?

If you are sensitive to the smell of the finish, letting them sit in coffee grounds overnight will help take away the smell.

 

[kabonk]

thank you!

 

[jifjifjif]

Mine also just says it left Scarborough on May 1st. I zuee hope it arrives tomorrow since i have someone sitting in my house to sign for them while i am at work. If they dont arrive tomorrow, she'll probably kill me.

 

[unsure]

Mine also just says it left Scarborough on May 1st. I zuee hope it arrives tomorrow since i have someone sitting in my house to sign for them while i am at work. If they dont arrive tomorrow, she'll probably kill me.

Well your a lot closer to Maine than I am so if that happens I for sure won't see mine on thursday.

 

[house mouse]

Mine also just says it left Scarborough on May 1st. I zuee hope it arrives tomorrow since i have someone sitting in my house to sign for them while i am at work. If they dont arrive tomorrow, she'll probably kill me.

I got no clue here. I have one that says it left Scarborough, but 2 are still there. Who knows.

 

[FeistyAlice]

what does that mean please?

Unused ground coffee is great for absorbing odors. Sometimes it takes a while for the finishes to cure fully so it helps to pull to finish smell out of Woodvils. Some woods are worse others not so bad and some people are very sensitive to finish odor (me on the extreme end) (a few Woodvils I've had to leave in ground for a couple of weeks) and others not so.

You put it in a container buried in grounds, Woodvil door off but container sealed, and leave it till the odor is reduced enough for your comfort. But not always needed. I'm vaping Curly Oak VV Woodvil right now and there is very little finish odor. It hit UPS store Saturday and I picked it up this afternoon.

I've tried all kinds of tried and true odor absorbers, including zeolite chunks and powder. Coffee works the best. It's good for odors in all kinds of closed areas. I keep open paper bowls filled with coffee in each fridge. Ocassionally, I'll let something like citrus get way over ripe (to the point I have to remove the fridge drawer and wash it). It takes care of even that kind of odor. Probably would be good in stocking toe and tied shut inside stinky shoes.

Out of focus pic of Curly Oak VV Woodvil to follow.

Hugs, Feisty Alice