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**leddzepp** · 11-19-2011, 03:57 AM

I haven't updated my build thread in a while, due to work, family, and life in general...but I have still been hard at work on the finishing touches

I found an aftermarket woodgrain decal in my parts stash and decided to give it a try...since the NOS one would run me $$$. I do not know if the woodgrain is "correct", but it does match the aftermarket door panels and the applique I have on deck for the gauge cluster. I am pretty happy that I have made aftermarket parts work.

ls1nova71 · 11-19-2011, 04:54 AM

Wow that looks pretty good! Do you know what brand it was? I had to do mine twice due to the fact that the first one was too small. Had to get the one that's designed to be put on the glovebox door without the aluminum piece because it was bigger then had to trim to fit. Was a real pita.
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*project 67 sub* · 11-19-2011, 04:57 AM

sweet

VA72C10 · 11-19-2011, 05:33 AM

That looks really good!

heeroyue2002 · 11-19-2011, 06:29 AM

that looks good!

teeitup · 11-19-2011, 09:46 AM

Looks GREAT Scott, good job!!!!!

**screaminchevypickup** · 11-19-2011, 10:15 AM

Nice!!! Looks good to me..
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**DeadheadNM** · 11-19-2011, 10:49 AM

Any tips/tricks to the install? Was it difficult to set the decal into the recess where the latch is? You've inspired me to make use of the decal I've got sitting on my shelf.

eightbanger · 11-19-2011, 12:47 PM

Is the decal faded LZ, or are your photography skills not what they should be?

71 super · 11-19-2011, 01:05 PM

Scott that is a very nice job! Keep it up, I want to see the new dash when installed

**FleetsidePaul** · 11-19-2011, 03:36 PM

Look's good Scott.

redbaron69 · 11-19-2011, 07:50 PM

looks great.

**lolife99** · 11-19-2011, 07:53 PM

Great Job.
I want a Cheyenne Super,...

sleepertruck72 · 11-19-2011, 08:06 PM

Looks GREAT Scott

Awesome job as usual !

chipflyer · 11-19-2011, 08:09 PM

Nice work Scott!

eightbanger · 11-19-2011, 08:34 PM

If that decal is faded mate, I have a perfectly good repro one you can have...FOC, I bought it from Classic Parts back when I had no idea that having a Cheyenne did not necessarily mean it was a super

Anyway it's yours if you want it...gives me a chance to pay it forward after board member CG did the same for me recently.

lil hoodlum · 11-19-2011, 10:37 PM

Very impressive LeddZepp! Looks good!

Keith

**leddzepp** · 11-19-2011, 11:17 PM

First off, thanks for all of the compliments!

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Originally Posted by ls1nova71

Wow that looks pretty good! Do you know what brand it was? I had to do mine twice due to the fact that the first one was too small. Had to get the one that's designed to be put on the glovebox door without the aluminum piece because it was bigger then had to trim to fit. Was a real pita.
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I believe it was an older Re-Pop brand, which means it was made in the USA

It fit very well, the dimensions were near exact.

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Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Any tips/tricks to the install? Was it difficult to set the decal into the recess where the latch is? You've inspired me to make use of the decal I've got sitting on my shelf.

Pete- This was the question I was waiting for. If anyone has ever tried to apply one of these, the recess presents a problem. The decal comes with a small hole, just big enough for the actual button to fit through...so how do you get it to conform to the recess? It is somewhat rigid material so it does not flex. I have seen where others cut the hole larger, or cut slits around the edge, either way it ends up looking like crap so...

I removed the the latch assembly (and Super emblem), and applied the decal. I then held the door upside down while I CAREFULLY used a Bic lighter to heat it up where it sits above the recess. I then set it down and using my thumb, I worked around it in a circle, pressing down firmly. The trick is to get it hot enough to "stretch" the material, but not melt the decal. It will conform to the recess and sticks permanently. After that, I just pushed the latch through and reattached it. IMO it came out perfectly and looks like it left the factory that way.

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Originally Posted by eightbanger

Is the decal faded LZ, or are your photography skills not what they should be?

Nigel- My photo skills suck

I did not use a flash, so the pics are a little blurry. Thanks for the offer on the Emblem, but mine does look better in person than the pics show.

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Originally Posted by 71 super

Scott that is a very nice job! Keep it up, I want to see the new dash when installed

Thanks Harold! I am tackling a bezel next and will use the same technique with a lighter to get the decal to conform and stick. May be a bit before I get it installed. I have one that I already did in there now...wish I would have used the decal on a better bezel, but this will give me a chance to try a new way of attaching it too.

ChevLoRay · 11-19-2011, 11:24 PM

Looks good to me. If it matches your door panels and the part you will use on the instrument cluster, what's the problem?

A friend gave me a full roll of DyNoc vinyl in a GM parts "tube" that is from the mid-Seventies and intended for use on the exterior of one of the GM wagons with woodgrain. I have debated with myself about using it to do my cluster and glovebox door. I have door panels from a '70 that have the woodgrain strip below the window, so thinking about making it all match. I don't have a Cheyenne, but a Custom DeLuxe. Since it isn't a resto, what difference will it make to me? It'll look good. Besides, woodgrain was a big styling gimmick in the mid-Seventies and it won't look like it is from the wrong era.

72BlckButy · 11-20-2011, 01:15 AM

Nice work LZ!

**71blksuper4x4** · 11-20-2011, 03:46 AM

Nice work Scot, I will put in my 2 cents about getting that area around the glovebox lock button stuck down. Use a heat gun, and they will lay out very nice. Trevor

srea76 · 11-20-2011, 10:52 AM

I have to redo my box to with woodgrain. How do you attach the emblem and how where they originally attached from the factory?

**leddzepp** · 11-20-2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by 71blksuper4x4

Nice work Scot, I will put in my 2 cents about getting that area around the glovebox lock button stuck down. Use a heat gun, and they will lay out very nice. Trevor

Thanks Trevor- I thought about that at first....but I do not own a heat gun, so I busted out the Bic.

I am very happy with how this came out.

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Originally Posted by srea76

I have to redo my box to with woodgrain. How do you attach the emblem and how where they originally attached from the factory?

The emblem is attached with barrell clips. I removed it carefully by prying it off with a butter knife, working around it. After attaching the decal, it just presses back in.

11-19-2011, 03:57 AM	#1
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,995	Restored my 72 Woodgrain Glovebox Door I haven't updated my build thread in a while, due to work, family, and life in general...but I have still been hard at work on the finishing touches I found an aftermarket woodgrain decal in my parts stash and decided to give it a try...since the NOS one would run me $$$. I do not know if the woodgrain is "correct", but it does match the aftermarket door panels and the applique I have on deck for the gauge cluster. I am pretty happy that I have made aftermarket parts work. Attached Images __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

11-19-2011, 04:54 AM	#2
ls1nova71 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Independence Mo Posts: 4,118	Re: Restored my 72 Woodgrain Glovebox Door Wow that looks pretty good! Do you know what brand it was? I had to do mine twice due to the fact that the first one was too small. Had to get the one that's designed to be put on the glovebox door without the aluminum piece because it was bigger then had to trim to fit. Was a real pita. Posted via Mobile Device

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eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Restored my 72 Woodgrain Glovebox Door Is the decal faded LZ, or are your photography skills not what they should be? __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

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11-19-2011, 08:09 PM	#15
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11-19-2011, 08:34 PM	#16
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Restored my 72 Woodgrain Glovebox Door If that decal is faded mate, I have a perfectly good repro one you can have...FOC, I bought it from Classic Parts back when I had no idea that having a Cheyenne did not necessarily mean it was a super Anyway it's yours if you want it...gives me a chance to pay it forward after board member CG did the same for me recently. Attached Images __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

11-19-2011, 10:37 PM	#17
lil hoodlum Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 1,703	Re: Restored my 72 Woodgrain Glovebox Door Very impressive LeddZepp! Looks good! Keith

11-19-2011, 11:24 PM	#19
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: Restored my 72 Woodgrain Glovebox Door Looks good to me. If it matches your door panels and the part you will use on the instrument cluster, what's the problem? A friend gave me a full roll of DyNoc vinyl in a GM parts "tube" that is from the mid-Seventies and intended for use on the exterior of one of the GM wagons with woodgrain. I have debated with myself about using it to do my cluster and glovebox door. I have door panels from a '70 that have the woodgrain strip below the window, so thinking about making it all match. I don't have a Cheyenne, but a Custom DeLuxe. Since it isn't a resto, what difference will it make to me? It'll look good. Besides, woodgrain was a big styling gimmick in the mid-Seventies and it won't look like it is from the wrong era. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

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71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,151	Re: Restored my 72 Woodgrain Glovebox Door Nice work Scot, I will put in my 2 cents about getting that area around the glovebox lock button stuck down. Use a heat gun, and they will lay out very nice. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

11-20-2011, 10:52 AM	#22
srea76 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hazlehurst, Ga. Posts: 822	Re: Restored my 72 Woodgrain Glovebox Door I have to redo my box to with woodgrain. How do you attach the emblem and how where they originally attached from the factory? __________________ 1972 Custom Deluxe LT1 Gen V Swap "Green Lantern" 1984 Silverado Red Baron-72 c10 Project

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