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Glad to hear you're makin' tracks. Who's doing the trim work?

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Can't beat a deal like that on the pan... especially if they swap out the other pieces like the pickup and dipstick if needed. Bobber trucks are way cool!!
Jeff Riddle at Gladstone Custom Upholstery. They did a 58 Corvette that sold at Barrett Jackson a few weeks ago for $440,000.

...and high ho, high ho it's off to trim we go. ;)

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Looking dammed fine there in the sunlight, Vic... too bad it's not under it's own power screaming down the blacktop.

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Looks great out in the sun!

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Looks good. Hope mine turns out that nice

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Wow! I'm drooling. Looks awesome in the sun.

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Absolutely awesome... beautiful Vic

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Thanks everyone! I'm anxious to see how the interior progresses now. It's a little bit like a custom paint job... never looks quite like what you think it will.

While the truck is outta here, I broom'd the place down good and then got started on the plate that surrounds the shifter and e-level. It's all my little mill will handle, travel wise. In fact, I had to shim one of the stops on the vise. The Y axis has 7" of travel and the part is 7" at the widest end. Rounding the corners will be tricky. Some of it will have to be finished by hand. I had a quote from a local shop to rough it out with waterjet and finish it on a CNC for around $650 as I recall. I'll have to live with the poor man's CNC... a corner rounder and a file. ;)

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With the way your stuff looks, it's going to come out great!!!

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Truck looks great! Not for nuthin'- I happen to know someone with a Bridgeport and a lathe- yours anytime, just holler.

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Man, CRLS is looking better and better. Can't wait to see the interior!

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Looks great Vic, anxious to see the interior !!!!

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Thanks!
Thanks, Chip. I recall you have access to that, but I ended up making the mini mill work. Right at the limits, though. ;)
Thanks, Duane, it's starting to come along.
Hey Jason, few sneak peeks below...

The trim shop has carpet on the floor, the kick panels and the rear cab corners. Looking great so far. They also got the headliner and the plastic chrome trim in place as well as removed the headrest hardware and patched the panel where it went. I think they're about ready to move onto the console and subwoofer box. I finished machining the top plate that surrounds the floor shift and e-level controller. They'll recess it into the surrounding material. It will get anodized black at the same time I have the radiator cover done in clear.

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The glass guys showed up and installed the windshield and rear glass. Looks nice and knowing these installers, won't leak. Not sure I could say the same if I tried to do it myself. :lol:

The one piece side windows were giving me serious heartburn. Could only get one roller to go into the track. Once it was there, there was no position that would allow the second roller to fit in. I called Brothers Truck and they sent me to SPW, but once they found out I was using the manual regulator, they said they weren't knowledgeable about it. So I called BT back and they said they'd have Jamie, the guy in their video, call me but he never did. However, the guy at SPW said something that got me to thinking. Their setup is two piece and the lift mechanism bolts to the sash/track once it's in the door. So I looked at the situation and decided to cut one of the arms and use a plate to reattach it when the window was in and the rollers were in place. Worked like the proverbial charm.

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Great Teaser on the seats... LOL... Great way to work through the window regulator... I hate installing door windows so I just have my Glass guy install them... LOL

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I'm not sure I could find a glass guy that would have tackled my oddball setup, Dan. Most of them only want to do the stock, OEM work. And after what I ran into, I don't blame them.

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Man I get that... My guy here does a lot of the hot rods, custom car and cuts custom glass for a lot of the top customs with chopped tops... I haven't seen him back away from a big challenge yet...

I am waiting with anticipation to see CRLS done...

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Really like the way the seats came out. Glad you got the glass in, always a briggle.

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Thx, Chip. Big sigh of relief now that glass is all in... front, back and sides. I was starting to think all the trim work would be done by middle of next week, but he ran into a material shortage, so not sure how that will impact the schedule. The sides of the sub box and console are a carbon fiber like material and have a "direction". Naturally, the piece we started with isn't quite long enough. They'll have to set the console aside and work on door panels, I reckon. Some more "in progress" shots below.

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Vic it looks great.

Dwight

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Very nice work!!!!

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CRLS is back from upholstery! Posted a video on You Tube which is probably a little better than a few still shots. Lot of work left to finalize the fit and finish, but it's a really good start. Only things left at the trim shop are the floor mats which should be done first of next week.

Now where's that punch list??? ;)

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Upholstery turned out great Vic!!

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schweet!!!!

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That is turning out great. Enjoyed the video way more than a picture.

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Looks awesome Vic!!

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Wow super nice interior Vic

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Looks great.
I need to find a good upholstery guy

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Good job on the video Vic, the interior looks great!

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Thanks for all the good words, guys! I've got the interior partly back together after disassembling it when CRLS arrived back home Friday. The big news is that the stereo and all the speakers work. I knew the head unit lit up, but never heard any noise out of the system until today. Sub, mids and tweets all amp'd up and sounding great. I could be that guy you hate to pull up next to at the stop lite going whoomp, shakalaka, whoomp... vibrating the windows in all the surrounding vehicles.

Headed out to Hy-Vee tomorrow to pick up 10 gallons of premium to prime and test the fuel system. I still have to paint the intake tube, then install it, the MAF sensor and air filter. but it's getting down to where the only thing between me and starting the engine is fear and thin air (and a few other items on the punch list). ;)

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Yep, that's a work truck all right! Workin on another Mecum... :)

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Interior turned out great Vic. Can't wait to hear a video of it running!

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Vic,
Outstanding !!!!!!!👌👌👌👌 great job! Guess you’ll be ready for the Nats this time !!! Me too!!!!! I’m back to M-F, so hopefully my schedule will allow me to attend this year! Hope to drop in sometime soon and see your progress in person!
Have a good one!
Ben:metal:

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When are the Nats...

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Hope not, Mike. If the air works and there's no leaks, I plan to drive the wheels off of it.
Soon I hope, Duane. I haven't had any weather to paint the intake tube, so I may have to do like you did and paint it later just so I can finally bust off the engine.
Thanks, Ben, stop by anytime!
They should be around the second week of September, Dan. Haven't heard the exact dates yet.

The interior is all back together after installing the speakers, seat belts and steering wheel. Waiting on a call from the anodizer for it to be 100% done. Horn button decided not to work, so I had to disassemble it and give it a tune up. Should make it thru the safety inspection but after that I don't care. Can't remember the last time I honked the horn. I always figure if you have time to reach for the horn, you have time to avoid the situation. Also got the Lukas HD camera, rearview mirror and VOD microphone installed. Gas is in the tank, but still haven't tested the line and pressure... maybe tomorrow. ;)

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BTW, John Sanborn, if you're lurking... thanks again for that nifty windshield wiper arm tool. Used it today and it worked great. Probably the first time I've ever installed them without dinging the paint on the cowl. :metal:

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Wow! Just wow!!!!
I cant believe i missed this build till now!
KILLER work! Hope i get to see it in person someday!

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Thanks, Big, never too late to join the party. ;) We've made the All Truck Nats in Riverside, MO for the last seven years. Plus cruise-ins and road trips. Hope to see you somewhere along the line. (At 6'6" you're probably hard to miss.)

So, I ran into a problem acquiring seat belt guide bezels for both side covers. They come with the seat belt assembly and it appears that pickers remove the retaining nut from the belt mount and yank the bezel out with the belt. Most of the seats you see for sale on eBay are missing those pieces. GM only sells them as part of the belt assembly. Lowest price new I found was around $105... each. My local Pick N Pull had nothing that new and the late model yard wants $67 each. It's possible that if I went there in person and explained I only want the small plastic bezel, they might have something that would be otherwise unsellable, but rather than slog thru the mud and the blood and the beer, I machined a pair from 1/8" aluminum plate. Will paint or powder coat them and use a small trim screw to hold them in the recess. And Bob's your uncle.

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Clean solution well executed...nice!

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Vic:
Seems you're very much like me when it comes down to attention to detail... very clean solution you came up with.
Abe