Red Truck 2.0

[TKCR]

Happy to hear you’re working on it again. Keep us updated

[yrik]

Right before I got the OBS done they announced the Hot Rod Power Tour dates and venues. I have done a few partial power tours in my T bucket and Camaro, but always wanted to long haul. So now I have a dead line to drive the truck on Power tour.
When I got the truck back in the garage, i got started on the interior. I put some "sound deadener" down and wired up the stereo. I installed a factory digital stereo and ran the same Kenwood bluetooth amplifier i have in my Camaro. The factory stereo works through the amp until I turn on the bluetooth. I also still have the Crunch sub boxes and alpine amp that was in the truck from high school. So i ran all the wiring before installing the carpet. Also installed new Kenwood dash speakers and 4x10's in the rear. Had my friend at work 3D print a block off plate for the ash tray to install the controller for the bluetooth amp on.

[yrik]

After the stereo was working, I got the carpet seat and seatbelts installed. After that i got the power windows and locks wired up because this was a non power truck. I used all factory wire harnesses for it but did the relay upgrade at the doors to make the windows faster. Then I got all the headliner trim and board cleaned up and ready to go in. It's wild because I have had this parts for quite a few years now and had to keep shuffling them around and now they are all getting installed.

[TKCR]

The whole time you had your interior out, you should have had me restore your seatbelts, gotten them cleaned up.
It’s looking like a truck again

[yrik]

Originally Posted by TKCR

The whole time you had your interior out, you should have had me restore your seatbelts, gotten them cleaned up.
It’s looking like a truck again

I know I should have! They may come back out next winter and I have a 79 that i will need the belts restored too.

[yrik]

I installed the dash pad that was in the truck when it was stolen for now. You can see where the thieves pried against it to get the vin plate ripped out of it. I'm shopping for a new dash pad but the reviews on most of them are not that great.
I also got the door panels installed that where out of a 90 suburban. The Burgundy's do not really match. The interior is pretty much done for now. I have a few more details to do around the truck and it is ready to be a driver,

[yrik]

When my dad restored the truck in the early 2000s he shaved the fuel door and put in a fuel cell. I wanted to put a factory tank so i put it on the passenger side this time to offset the weight and maybe get a little less of the chevy lean.
I needed a place for the filler neck and a friend of mine had this old jerry can. I cut the bottom out of the can and installed the filler neck in the can and routed it through the bed floor. Now I have to repair the spot in the floor where the fuel cell was.