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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
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I think that it's cool that you're putting a CB in. I guess I coulda simply said that, haha. Thanks Low Elco. Last edited by LT7A; 05-07-2021 at 03:43 AM. |
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
Thanks man. The PO installed a CB with a NMO mount in the center of the roof. So I have a 3/4" hole that I wasn't sure what to do with. Putting in a CB with a new antenna seemed liked the easiest thing. I haven't had a CB in 30 years...did some research and it seems like maybe CB radio is dead? Guess I'll find out.
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
Now it's my turn, haha: What's an NMO?
Even if CBs have slowed down, I bet they'll come back. Too many hobbyists like us out there. I have four of them. |
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Bought a vintage CB to complete the look. Hoping to start putting the interior back together in the next few weeks. |
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Thanks Hart_Rod.
Did some research on what were quality CB's back in the day and began looking on Ebay. Found a guy in Florida who has a small shop and sells a lot on Ebay. I ended up buying one from him https://ocalacbbreak.com/ |
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looking good and making progress
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
Thanks rodstored. That helps. I keep trying different paints and haven't quite nailed it yet. I'll try that one. Thank you.
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well atleast to my old and tired eyes it seems to match pretty good!
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Thought I'd post an update of the final work on my interior. It wasn't meant to be a complete interior restoration...just wanted to clean it up, take care of some rust issues, and make it look nice.
After I painted the floor with POR 15 I then used 2 boxes of KILMAT I found on Amazon. It was just enough to do the entire Blazer plus the sides of the rear cargo area. ![]() ![]() ![]() I then put down extra Jute padding in the rear cargo area and glued on the wheel well carpet pieces. ![]() ![]() ![]() And then the rear cargo area carpet, rear seat, spare tire carrier, and side panels. Found the panels on Facebook....not perfect, but pretty darn clean originals with no speaker holes. ![]() ![]() |
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
I then moved up front to work on the dash area and the sound system. First I pulled the ash tray out and removed the cigarette lighter and drilled the hole out a little bigger for a USB charger. The guy who rebuilt my AC Delco radio added an AUX input and an input wire that I also added to the ash tray.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Repainted the dash speaker brackets and found some new speakers with a small tweeter. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then I did a bunch of research about a quality kick panel with speaker cut outs. Couldn't quite find what I wanted at LMC, Brothers, Classic etc. They were either sold out, or I had to move the emergency break, or I had to relocate the hood release. I ended up finding these on Ebay. Cheap Chinese plastic...but they fit perfectly. I beefed them up with some KILMAT. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Time for the radio and CB.
I bought an original AC Delco radio and had R&B Vintage Audio rebuild it. I went with just an AUX input, but if I had to do it over, I would have also added bluetooth. ![]() ![]() ![]() The PO cut the dash for an aftermarket radio. I put a patch in, but I didn't do a good job. I tried a combination of welding and rivets. It worked fine, but you can still see where it was cut after the bezel was installed. Think I'll tackle that next winter. ![]() The PO also had a CB antenna in the roof with a 3/4" hole. The antenna was outdated, so i added a new Larsen NMO 27 whip antenna and a vintage CB I found on Ebay. The old antenna mount... ![]() ![]() ...and the new Larsen. ![]() CB and radio installed.... ![]() ![]() Last edited by bigschuss; 06-08-2021 at 06:58 PM. |
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
Did a lot of cleaning, prepping, and painting of interior plastic. I didn't document much of this. I do want to publicly thank member TKCR for her kind of generous advice as I restored my seat belts. I reached out to her with a few questions and she replied several times with detailed advice expecting nothing in return. My work is certainly nowhere near the same quality as hers, but I am happy with how all the plastic came out.
Cleaning it up.... ![]() And putting everything back together... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() New front seat upholstery from Classic Parts. The rear seat is in nice shape so I opted not to do it. Might do it down the road just so it all matches. ![]() ![]() At 6'2" I am certainly not a short guy, but I always feel like Blazer seats sit too low for my tastes. I raised these up 1.5 inches with some box iron. ![]() And a new dash from Cheyenne Pickup. Very impressed with the quality and look. Went in easy and looks great. ![]() ![]() ![]() Last edited by bigschuss; 06-08-2021 at 07:07 PM. |
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
Rear scuff plate from Irish installed....
![]() ![]() I run 35's but could only fit a 32 as a spare... ![]() New sill and threshold plates.... ![]() Added an air dam. I know a lot of guys take these off. I like the look. ![]() And she's ready for summer.... ![]() ![]() That's all for now. Going to enjoy it this summer and then think about taking care of the chassis next winter. I've also got some rust where the cap meets the body that I need to take care of. Hope you've enjoyed. |
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
Wow! You did an excellent job.
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
Such a great rig. Very nice job on the interior.
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Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5
Your welcome. Happy to help
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