Project Lemon Drop: anything but stock!

[67cheby]

i think its for ther crossover

[jugernot]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

i think its for ther crossover

67Cheby is correct. Im not a fan of exposing the cross over, so I came up with a way to hide it in the door panel, but still make it accessiable. The rectangle shape will be a removable access door.

[jugernot]

Today I covered the pods with resine and two coats of glass. I have to do some patches around the edge, where the pod connects to the MDF. I think they turned out OK for my first fiberglass job. Tomorrow I will work on the map pocket and glass that up. After that I think a coat of bondo to, then sand to smooth them out. I test fited it again, to make sure it did not hit the seat.

[67cheby]

nice !!

[VA72C10]

looking good!

[71Sleeper]

Lookin good...waiting on pics with map pocket.

[jugernot]

I wasn’t sure how I wanted to make the map pocket, so I thought I would try an experiment. I took a piece of floral foam, cut it to fit the map pocket area and then shaped it. I covered it with masking tape and coated the tape with car polish. I laid down some glass, let it dry and then pulled them apart.

It started to rain so I could not do much more. If I like it, I will cut the opening and then graph it onto the speaker pod.

[VA72C10]

Good idea on the fabrication of the map pocket!

[Alan's Classic]

Very nice work!!!
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[71Sleeper]

Nice! I really enjoy reading the builds here. Everyday I see board members coming up with new innovating ideas to fab custom parts for their trucks.

[jugernot]

The floral foam did not work out the way I thought, so I scratched that idea and tried something else. It turned out okay. Next I will mix up a bit of body filler, cover it and then smooth out the imperfections. Then on to the arm rest.

[jugernot]

The other thing I been working on is getting the front Boss 338 Wheels to fit. I went to napa and bought some new front disk hups. I was talking with Mike or "mcbassin" on milling the hubs. I took the new hubs and one of the Boss 338 3AA 20x8.5 wheels to a local machine shop and had them mill down the hup. It did not take much and the wheels fit without a 1/4 inch spacer. Another bonus is that the wheel cap also fits with the hub dust cap installed. Next I will have to remove the old disk hubs and install the new milled ones.

[kikkegek]

yeah! lookin good! nice speaker panels.

[67cheby]

nice.....now lets see em on !!!

[jugernot]

Alright, new front disc hubs, and bearing. I test fitted the wheels and wheel caps, all good with no spacer. Now I just need to save some money to buy some Toyo tyres

[67cheby]

nice , they really pop with that color

[71Sleeper]

Wow! those wheels make the paint quality stand out even more. Looks Killer!!!!!

[VA72C10]

chrome was the only way to go with that color!

[jugernot]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

chrome was the only way to go with that color!

Thanks, there were a few people, including my wife, who said that I should have gone with the grey Boss 338s. But I'm glad I stuck with the Chrome. I cant wait to get the tyres.

[jugernot]

Today I did some more work on my door panels. I worked on the speaker pod/map pocket. I put a layer of body filler on it and sanded and sanded and sanded. After sanding I found some areas that needed some more attention. So I put some more body filler and sanded some more. They looked pretty good, but still have a few areas that need some more filler. I will try to get to them this weekend.

I was thinking about covering the speaker pods with vinyl, but I think I will just paint them a charcoal grey to match the interior color. I was also thinking about giving them a textured look, maybe like bed liner. Not sure yet.

I still have to figure out how the door handles will work.

I also cut out some cardboard templates for the kick panel area. Now I just have to decide what I want to do with them.

[gearys 5600]

Lookin good !!

[71Sleeper]

I like it a lot. Put me down for set.....

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by jugernot

Thanks, there were a few people, including my wife, who said that I should have gone with the grey Boss 338s. But I'm glad I stuck with the Chrome. I cant wait to get the tyres.

grey center wheels seem to have more popularity right now...but certain colors just POP with chrome and LEMON DROP needed the chrome pop

Nice work on the door panels. They turned out nice. Looking forward to seeing them covered....what is the plan for the top....any pattern to the material?

[chevytruckluver]

Hey Jugernot, any updates? have you started on the arm rest yet?

[jugernot]

Sorry, Nothing to report. I been a little lazy and busy with other things. I was going to try this weekend. I will post some progress pics soon.

I just got a new intermediate brake cable and put it next to the other new one I had that was too short. Boy what a difference, seems like a foot or more difference. I havn't tried it yet, but I hope they didn't send me a long bed cable.