Lurker OrrieG Progress Pics

[bajabob]

Orrie
Not sure how you do it up there in the really cold north west.... Raining and chilly here all day... wha wha... Looks like she is coming along nicely... like the color of the paint as well.

[OrrieG]

Wood stove gets the inside temp up to 45-50 which is manageable when it is below 25 outside. Obviously can't do any body work, fiberglas, painting, etc at that temp. I have space in a commercial building that I can use for short term stuff (like applying upholtery fabric) that does not have long term odors. Can't paint there, its an office, but am thinking I might even do some fiberglas work in one of the restrooms with a good fan. Also going to use it to layout and organize the wiring.

[1lo67]

Looking good...i think that color goes well with these old trucks.

[bjcaldwe]

I see some ideas I will have to borrow. Nice work.

[OrrieG]

More progress on the interior. The back frame is deceptively simple looking, but took hours to fab. The cab back curves inward and slopes slightly top to bottom. The bottom of the window frame has a slight tilt, it's not parallel with the floor. And there is the cab mount bracing to deal with. Here is photo of the back frame installed and a shot of the back side showing the fine tuning to fit. The blocking is for gun racks or storage bins I'm going to add later. Decided to just keep the back simple instead of trying to fab and fiberglas compartments.

Frame is screwed to floor and upper inside flange with #10 Tek screws. They have a built in drill so you do not have to predrill and try and find your holes. I have used them to hold wood studs to 1/4" steel columns (need a 1/2" drill motor to drive those!) I decided to hold off on finishing the speaker enclosures until I get the ones I want. Found there is too much variance among 6x9's in size and depth.

Also insulated the back of the cab and corners, feels like progress. Used 3M super77 to stick it in place. Insulation is the foil air pocket stuff from big box home store. Should help with sound dampening and keep the cab cooler. Make sure you mask off anything you do not want the adhesive on. I have used it for years at work and found it is next to impossible to get off of anything. Definately do not want to breath it.

[JML55]

Nice progress, looks good.

[Tri5Nerd]

OrrieG,
You're really engineering this enclosure, good work. Do you plan on ever removing it after completion? the way you're securing it is going to make it hard to remove it once done. What is a big box store?

Tri5