Running Boards - ARRRGH!

Well, the good news is that Richard Loesch at Precision Rubber is still alive – in spite of never answering his phone the dozens of times I have called in the past two weeks. My running boards actually are done, except for the final sealant coat, and his compressor really is broken. The bad news is that it will take "two more weeks", the usual time period I've heard for a year now. He is still waiting for the compressor parts.

I know all this because Ken Brandick, my new POCI club friend, drove up to Didsbury and actually saw the guy, his shop and my running boards. I was hoping he would pick them up, along with a pint of sealant, and get them back to me so I could have them sprayed here. But apparently R.L. is a very angry and hostile individual, not easily dealt with. Given how touchy he was, Ken didn't want to risk setting him off with such a request. Ken even offered to lend him his compressor, an offer that was summarily dismissed.

So all I can do is wait. I'm thinking I may swap out the coupe boards for the month or so it will take to get them back (if I'm lucky).