Insulationg and carpeting

[Yukon Jack]

Sunday and Monday night I got most of the insulation done on the cab. Laid the carpet in the floor yesterday morning and got out last night to get more done.









These are the 98 Silverado 40/20/40 seats I will be using.



Here are a couple pics of the brackets I am using to mount the seats. My intent was to reinforce the floor to some extent due to the fact that these seats have the integrated seat belts. The mounting holes on these seats do not match the existing holes so what I did was add these plates to the top of the floor and then I have also made three plates that go under the floor.



There is a section of C channel welded to the front bracket that the middle seat attaches to.





Underneath the truck I have this plate that is in the raised area below the front bracket.



Then I have two additional plates that both go perpendicular to this plate. One is about 5" wide and connects the front seat bracket to the rear seat bracket nearest to the transmission. Then I have a plate that is about 1 1/2" wide that connects the front seat bracket to the rear seat bracket nearest to the door. My intent is that with these brackets tied together from the bottom of the floor to the top of the floor, I have reinforced the floor where the seats bolt in.

[Yukon Jack]

Here are the door panels I made a while back. I finished them in the seat material so that ought to blend well together. Martha Stewart ain't got nothing on me.



I laid the carpet in yesterday morning



Then when I got home last night I got out my new handy dandy box knife and cut out the insulation over the kick panel air vents.

A few nights ago I cut a tile backing board to use for carpeting the rear cab wall. I got the carpet glued on that board last night and looks very nice. I considered just gluing the carpet to the back wall but thought a smooth appearance would be better.



I'm not sure how I will secure it. I could get carriage bolts and just use the upper holes that secured the gas tank. However, I think I will try to get some heavy duty velcro or something similar so there is no hardware showing on the carpeted side.

For the kick panels I decided not to go with the premade carpet panels. Instead, I bought extra carpet and cut it to fit. I left extra on the bottom and sides so the floor carpet will sit on the excess and make it very seamless.





For the vent holes I will probably cut the carpet so I can use the excess to flow into the visible portion of the vent hole. Hopefully I can do that and make it look halfway decent.

Overall I am very excited with how the carpet is turning out. I have one area on the passenger side near the hump that is bunched up as a result of the firewall modification. Not sure what I will do about that at this time. Probably won't get out to do more work until next week but I am ready to get the seats bolted down.

Here's a last shot as I'm an

[bc gman]

Looking good when you put the carpet in was your garage warm ?

[Yukon Jack]

No. The floor carpet is just sitting in there right now - hope to get a warm evening when I actually go to bolting the seats down so I can get the carpet to fit best. Last night was just a test fit of the floor carpet.

[oj70chevy]

great info. I am also getting ready to install carpet in my 70c/10 . keep us posted.

[GreyHoundSteve]

Man that looks great. Awesome job on the brackets!

[Yukon Jack]

Thanks. There has been alot of talk about the safety of using these type of seats in our 67-72 trucks. I can't say that what I have done is the best or sufficient reinforcement so I would recommend that anyone considering these seats with the integrated seatbelts should do some searching in the past threads and decide for yourself whther to use those seats and how to bolt them down.

[GreyHoundSteve]

Originally Posted by Yukon Jack

Thanks. There has been alot of talk about the safety of using these type of seats in our 67-72 trucks. I can't say that what I have done is the best or sufficient reinforcement so I would recommend that anyone considering these seats with the integrated seatbelts should do some searching in the past threads and decide for yourself whther to use those seats and how to bolt them down.

I have 04 trailblazer seats with integrated seat belts i am planning to put in my 67 and i have the same concerns and plan to make similar brackets to reinforce the floor. My seats will be even more difficult though because the bracket on one side sits about 4" lower than the other and i am having to chanel one side into the cab floor. Your brackets give me some ideas on how to mount mine. Thanks for the pics and post.

[shifty]

I really, really dig the gauge cluster. I mean, everything else seriously kicks ass also, but the dash cluster is the one thing that really screamed out to me when it's contrasted against the paint and carpeting.

How much did you spend on the gauges and where'd you get them? Got any closeup pictures of the gauge cluster?

[Curbstone Mech]

outstanding! Great idea using the backer board to make a smooth appearance- I'll be staeling that idea for my truck in a few days.Hope you don't mind.

[Yukon Jack]

Here's a pic of the gauges installed.



I got all the gauges from Jeg's and aren't that expensive when you look at their individual price but together you easily wrap up about $450 or so in them

[shifty]

Sorry to go off-topic again, but do you happen to have the part #'s for the gauges still? I haven't managed to find a thread at the forum yet which gives anything like that...

[Yukon Jack]

I used the Phantom series as follows:

Speedo 5895
Oil pressure 5829
Tach 5898
Water temp 5837
Voltmeter 5891
Clock 5885

[shifty]

Thanks! Finally, some direction .... Probably going to end up doing them two by two, but anything is better than nothing...

[Canadian694x4]

Great Work Yukon! Keep us posted! Great Pics and Info!

[barn9]

Lookin' good Mark! That June deadline is nearing, AGAIN! LOL!

[71-longbed]

Is that a molded carpet kit ??

[krue]

Looks good!

[nathank]

Lookin gooooood!!
What is the shiny silver stuff you put down before the carpet? Where do you get it and how much is it?

[Striker169]

wow that is a really clean install nice ++

[Yukon Jack]

The carpet is molded to fit from Tim Christian. The insulation is from Home Depot and is a foil type insulation. A few other guys here have used it so I thought I would give it a try. I think the name was Reflective Insulation and it is a fairly heavy duty bubble wrap sandwiched between the top and bottom layer of foil. I bought the roll that is 4' wide but I can't remember the length. Seems like it was about $40.00. I will have to see if I have the receipt.

[nathank]

Does the foil insulation act as a good sound dampner (road noise) or what is the reason for it?

[Yukon Jack]

It appears it will quiet down the cab but I don't expect it to do the job that products like Brownbread and Dynomat are designed for. This should be better than stock but by no means am I expecting it to be as good as the more expensive products.

[shifty]

Dynamat and other sound deadeners work on the principle of sticking weight directly to the panel to reduce vibration of the panel. If the shiny stuff in that picture is as light as bubble wrap and it isn't directly adhered to the entire surface of the panel, all it's going to do is block heat, not sound.

I read in another thread where someone got Dynamat or some other type of acoustic matt in a very large amount for around $100.

[69 Short Fleet]

Your truck is looking really good Yukon, keep it up! One thing I thought I'd mention (maybe you already thought of it) Are you going to put a stereo amp or subs/speakers in the future? Now would be a good time to prewire it before the carpet gets installed. I forgot to do mine and will pull it apart down the road when I get there, Doug