cup holders

[Gardner Yeaw]

Folks,

The subject was cup holders and Bird projects, please lets keep
it that way. I never saw it but the offensive post is gone, let
sleeping dogs lie.

Gardner
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--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
wrote:
>
> Back in 1978 all bottles were the same size, they all fit the cup
> holders in the Bird and life was good. Then along came Snapple,
> super size soda bottles, water bottles and Starbucks Super Grande
50
> gallon drum coffee cups . So it was time to upgrade the retro cup
> holders. I went to a boat store and found just the right size
> holder. Boat prices, but I was desperate!
>
> I brought the center console into my wood shop (now filled with
old
> rusty Suburban propane heater parts, sticky air valves, cans and
> bottles of cleaners, waxes, oils, transmision fluid, power
steering
> fluid, and many other non-working, but can't bring myself to
trash,
> parts)
>
> I was about to enlarge the existing holes and jamb my new 'boat'
cup
> holders in, when it dawned on me that there are two ashtrays in
the
> console. Neither my wife nor I smoke, so what do I need these for?
>
> So I took out the ashtrays, enlarged the holes and stuffed my new,
> bigger cup holders in. Now I have two large and two standard cup
> holders. No matter what size bottle or cup I have I can have a
nice
> fit and not have the smaller cups and bottles rattle around like a
> flea in a boxcar in the new, bigger cup holders.
>
> So that's how I spent my day. Along with a half dozen other small
> repairs and wiring upgrades.
>
> What did you do this weekend?
>