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Old 09-17-2005, 11:27 PM   #1
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Redoing the interior

I have been working on the interior of my 85. Here are some pics of what i have done so far. Let me know what you think. I will post more when I get more done tomorrow.
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Old 09-18-2005, 05:10 AM   #2
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man, that looks good

what kind of material is that, anyway?
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Old 09-18-2005, 07:33 AM   #3
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you should invest in some grey seatbelts... i love the diamondplate...looks great so far
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Old 09-18-2005, 10:13 AM   #4
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nice interior

It looks like tweed. It looks to be professionally done. It's coming together really nice.
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Old 09-18-2005, 01:16 PM   #5
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Looks good but I dont like the plaid. Oh wait thats the couch. LOL
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Old 09-18-2005, 05:40 PM   #6
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Yes it is tweed, I got it off of E-bay since no one around here caries it.

Here are a few more pics, I will need to take some of it back out and redo it since it isnt sticking in parts.
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Old 09-18-2005, 10:10 AM   #7
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Nice updates to a tough truck....
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Old 09-18-2005, 05:37 PM   #8
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I am with you smokinn. When I first saw that picture I had to really study it till I new it was not part of the truck and then I saw the dash pad on top of the couch. It does look good. Glad you did not put that couch in the cab.
The wall paper did match the color of the truck.
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Old 09-18-2005, 05:38 PM   #9
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Looks awesome.
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Old 09-19-2005, 10:37 AM   #10
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Any pics or written how-to on HOW you did the doors? I'm thinking of doing something similar and need the "Someone else has done this" nudge to get it going.
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Old 09-19-2005, 10:49 AM   #11
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so, what and when on the seats it appears to be the next thing on the agenda?
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Old 09-21-2005, 11:58 PM   #12
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so, what and when on the seats it appears to be the next thing on the agenda?
I am planning on putting in a set of buckets when I get a chance.
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Old 09-20-2005, 01:38 AM   #13
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interior

that looks great. are you going to cut some plate for the defroster holes on the dash. that would look good to.
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Old 09-21-2005, 02:02 AM   #14
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cool what do you think of mine

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Old 09-22-2005, 12:00 AM   #16
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that looks great. are you going to cut some plate for the defroster holes on the dash. that would look good to.
Not sure about the defrost holes but I am thinking of making a guage bezel out of the plate.
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Old 09-22-2005, 12:02 AM   #18
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did you do the upholstery work yourself? great job looks awesome.
what was used to hold the tweed to the panels?
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Old 09-22-2005, 10:23 PM   #19
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did you do the upholstery work yourself? great job looks awesome.
what was used to hold the tweed to the panels?
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Yes I did it my self and thanks for the complement. I used headliner adhesive and when I ran out I just used regular spray adhesive and those are the parts that are coming loose since it wasnt rated for the heat.
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Old 09-23-2005, 12:35 AM   #20
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so is it just one piece of tweed covering the dash? I always wanted to try and use some sort of fabric to cover my dash, but I was worried about the odd shape of the dash and wrinkles forming at the crease where the a/c and gauge section begins. I suppose if you pulled it tight enough it might work. You might aught to do interiors for others. It could be a great second income, because it looks just that good.
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so is it just one piece of tweed covering the dash? I always wanted to try and use some sort of fabric to cover my dash, but I was worried about the odd shape of the dash and wrinkles forming at the crease where the a/c and gauge section begins. I suppose if you pulled it tight enough it might work. You might aught to do interiors for others. It could be a great second income, because it looks just that good.
Thanks for the complements. It is one piece of tweed on the dash. I didnt end up with put one wrinkle but that was because my son was helping hold it up while I was putting it down and he dropped the tweed on the spray adhesive. If you cover your dash with material make sure you use tweed or something that will stretch and somewhat compress so it will go around the pends and such.
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Very nice. Where did you get that diamondplate? I'd like to do something similar to the kick panels on my doors.

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Excellent work you did there. I had a mint dash pad sitting on my shelf for a few years, took it down recently and of course it NOW has a few cracks. I'm not going to bother hunting for another one. Guessing a set of speaker grilles and/or defroster trim pieces could be fabricated to go over the tweed as well? I was considering stripping one down to bare metal and 'glassing it but I like the tweed more.

Did you start with a perfect dash pad? Or did you do some smoothing to a cracked one, before applying the tweed? When referring to adhesive, was it regular 3m spray adhesive in the black can?
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Excellent work you did there. I had a mint dash pad sitting on my shelf for a few years, took it down recently and of course it NOW has a few cracks. I'm not going to bother hunting for another one. Guessing a set of speaker grilles and/or defroster trim pieces could be fabricated to go over the tweed as well? I was considering stripping one down to bare metal and 'glassing it but I like the tweed more.

Did you start with a perfect dash pad? Or did you do some smoothing to a cracked one, before applying the tweed? When referring to adhesive, was it regular 3m spray adhesive in the black can?
I used the dash that I already had that was cracked and had holes where the speakers go, If you look really close you can see where the crack is but it isnt that noticable. The spray adhesive I used was called Stay Put, after I used it I read the can and it was only rated at 180F. It was something I use when I work on mobile homes at my 2nd job.
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Very nice. Where did you get that diamondplate? I'd like to do something similar to the kick panels on my doors.

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I work at a steel fabricating facility and I have any metal and machine I need available to me. I run a machining center and that is how I milled and beveled the edges.
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