Patched Hat

Spent a couple hours in downtown Augusta this afternoon. The Emperor was getting his hat repaired. On Monday we made a quick run to Jones St and Remond’s Upholstery to get an idea on what needed to be done about the delamination of the top’s fabric behind the passenger seat. Randy thought they he could do a fix that might get me another year before I had to replace the whole thing. He needed more time than any of us had that night so we made arrangements to return today.

Because he was who I bought the top from and did the install, he felt that I should have gotten more than 2.5 years out of it before it failed, so he offered to fix it for nothing. Because he wouldn’t take any money, Donna decided to bake him some of her famous chocolate chip cookies as payment. He glued a large piece of fabric over the tear area, covering it entirely, and extending it beyond where either of the top bows might move over during transitions. The fabric he used was a little “slipperier” than the top’s current lining. To make it even he did the same to the non-ripped driver’s side too. You can hardly pick out the repair work unless you know what you are looking for.

We dropped off the car and the dozen cookies and walked a few blocks south to the Mellow Mushroom for lunch. Afterward we walked along the Riverwalk. We were going to do some caching and attempted an Earthcache along the Riverwalk, but one of the requirements was a picture of us at GZ and the camera was in the trunk back at the upholstery shop. We tried one more, but because of where it was and the logs of those before us, we didn’t try very hard before giving up.