My new $ 140.00 Glove box!

[Sooner1970_K10]

I decided awhile ago, I wanted a new radio system for my truck but didn’t want to cut the dash. So I improvised! This glove box was custom fabricated for me this weekend. It’s made out of 20-gauge galvanized steel. It took about 5 hours from start to finish. Its made so that I can push it into the glove box hole and then pull it back onto the flanges. I thought about making the glove box have some depth to it on the side of the CD player but I was paying the guy $ 25.00 an hour and decided the clean 2 ½ inch depth would look the best and cost the least. Once the box was finished I decided we should add some bottom support to the CD player since I wont be putting a back support hanger on the back of it. After it was all made we acid etched the steel and then gave it a coat of some type of acid primer that eats into the steel so that you can put down a top layer. We used some auto paint he had on the shelf. It’s a satin black and has a ratio of 7 parts paint to 1 part hardener. I can’t wait to install it! Just have to wait a few more days for the paint to harden and then I think ill try to install a small amp behind the glove box so that I wont have to take it out any time soon. All in all he charged me 5 hours labor and $ 15.00 for material. Now I have the best looking glove box in an old beat-up olive green 1970 pickup! Who cares if all my insurance and registration paper work fall out every time I go to open the box? My plan is to install an infrared repeater from the outside to the inside of the glove box and use the CD player remote to control it.