67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[nastyc10]

They are gonna look good! What material are you planning on covering the seats with?

[67cheby]

here you go ... redish orange, leatherette matchs the factory red dash and door panels covered in the original style

[wancosc356]

Awesome idea on the cup holder. I think it looks great.

[67cheby]

thanks i think it hides pretty well, i will prob dye it black to match the base of the seat

[watahyahknow]

nice colour are you going to do parts of the dash and the steeringwheel in that material too?

a tuck and roll center should look noce in those seats and it will prolly hide the difference in the center of the two seats

[67cheby]

the dash, door panels , arm rests and carpet will all be that color... i cant decide what to do on the steering wheel , i am using the original steering whee cant decide if i should do the steering col and wheel in a flat red to match the upholstery or paint them silver to match the truck, OPINIONS ?? anyone Oh and as far as the contours of the seats they will match when my upholsterer gets done with them

[c10seconds]

Your painless got to you right?? Just makin sure. Truck is comin along. Nice work!

[67cheby]

i got it , i need to get a chance to fit it in the firewall , i havent done that yet, did yours have all of the factory guages ??

[c10seconds]

Cool. Ya mine had all factory guages. The only thing that was aftermarket was a little amplifier for the stereo that was tapped into the harness. You should see the pigtail for it.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

the dash, door panels , arm rests and carpet will all be that color... i cant decide what to do on the steering wheel , i am using the original steering whee cant decide if i should do the steering col and wheel in a flat red to match the upholstery or paint them silver to match the truck, OPINIONS ?? anyone Oh and as far as the contours of the seats they will match when my upholsterer gets done with them

Red.

[67cheby]

satin or gloss??

[watahyahknow]

if you can stretch the leather enough to fall intoo the fingerdimples in the rear you might be able to upholster the hoop of the steeringwheel ...... glue it all the way around and use stitching on the inside of the hoop use satin paint on the rest it will prolly hold a lot better against rubbing then straight paint , should do a good job at covering cracks on an old steeringwheel too
might even be able to use the leather on the top part of the colum maibe make double stitched buttonholes on the indicator lever and the other stuf stickin out of it

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

satin or gloss??

Satin. The interior needs to compliment the exterior w/o taking the focus away or seeming like it's one non-ending canvas.

[67cheby]

cant wait to get off of work , i will have some cool pics to post tomorrow, dropped off the rearend , 4 link, watts link, bottom seat frame, all at the poweder coaters today, they said it would be done on friday we will see.... but something cool got done today , pics tomorrow

[67cheby]

well ..heres the pics of what i was so excited about yesterday... progress

[SATownChevy]

looks clean

[jasonb72]

What was your process for filling in the slots, did you use one piece or many small pieces?

[67cheby]

the shop where my truck is currently Mayhews Race Cars did the mod , he used one single piece, he also made some mounting tabs underneath that lock it in place , since the screws on top are gone, he did a sweet job

[jasonb72]

Looks good, I want to do the same thing

[67cheby]

well they say you must go backwards to go forward...... so here is my backwards, forward progress from last night , stripped the frame flipped it over to finish the welds on the bottom, stripped the bed to bare metal dropping it off at the body shop today

[67cheby]

$!$$#@^%@& just got my parts back from the powder coaters.... the light gray parts you see were supposed to be , metallic charcoal gray, the powder coater says he will redo them free .... but that means more time !!

[Jeffs70]

oh damn sorry to hear that, hope you get as quick as your hoping, all the rest looks great.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Bummer on the coater parts but at least he is stepping up and redoing them for free hopefully he can get em in and done today??

[67cheby]

yes it sucks , i am taking them back to him monday morning ,unfortunately he is 30 miles away and i am at work today, when i sent the parts to him i should have gone myself !! but he said on the phone, oh i know exactly the color you are talking about (when i said Metallic Charcoal Gray) well turns out i guess he didnt know the color i was talking about

[LEEVON]

Sucks about the color, but the rear end looks great. Who is setting up your gears?