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ChevyDude · 03-12-2007, 05:48 PM

I went to work today, but didn't schedule any trucks to spray. It was an official playin' hookie Lil' Red day. Waxed her all up and started installing the seats. They were donated from an 04' Yukon Denali for a steal. Had to center the 10" sub on the back panel. Phoenix Gold 5 channel giant amp is behind passenger seat mouted to a leather look vinyl 5/8" partical board. You can see my 6x9's Kappa's in the corners. Pioneer 960 deck in it's lil' housing hangs to the lower dash. Just thought I'd show some interior pics. Oh she's on skates too!!! They work great! Easy to move!

ChevyDude · 03-12-2007, 05:56 PM

Last one on skates:

centsless · 03-12-2007, 08:02 PM

Lookin Good Alex!!!

ChevyDude · 03-12-2007, 08:11 PM

Thanks Bob!!! Drivers seat tomorrow.

2nd_wnd · 03-12-2007, 08:45 PM

looks real nice. i kinda dig the placement of the front speakers on the floor. only have to be sure somebody don't stick their foot in it

ChevyDude · 03-12-2007, 09:12 PM

Well the front speakers were REALLY a challenge!!! I first bought the store kick panel deals and they were a mess and cheap! Infinity Kappas are way deep and no way were they going to fit in the plastic kick panels everyone sells So I formed up a mold to house the 6.5" and 1" tweet. Well it's so deep that if you install it on the kick panel it interfere with your feet on the pass side and you can't get to the highbeam switch...also E brake lever was in the way. So I mounted them facing you.... inbetween your feet. Drivers side is right where the clutch pedal would be depressed. I'm automatic trans so it worked. I may re-form the housings into a more appealing shape but for now...they is what they is...and the sound great!

lamar · 03-12-2007, 09:24 PM

I LOVE the color!!!!!!!!!!! What color is it?????

COACHMEASON · 03-12-2007, 09:41 PM

Nice...Hope lil' yellow looks as good one day...Wood or steel floor?

turbochevy · 03-12-2007, 09:46 PM

quick question, what was involved in the mounting of those seats?

flatheadnut0 · 03-12-2007, 09:51 PM

Wow! Were those seats a booger to install? That truck looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ChevyDude · 03-12-2007, 10:10 PM

Color: Chevrolet Corvette Torch Red

Lil' Yellow...will look great when you are done!!! I have a immpecable steel floor. No dents anywhere. This steel floor is nicest floor I have ever seen. They must have hauled leaves an nothing else.

Seats aren't too bad. I centered the adjustable track under the seat, put the seat on a large piece of paper and made a template where to drill the holes. I drilled slightly over sized holes to give me some adjustment play room. Set the grade 8 bolts in the track holes and dropped the seat into place. Steel plates with the correct size hole for the seat bolt to go through will the welded under the cab for safety.

skokie · 03-13-2007, 12:04 AM

Can you get a pic of the underside of how you did your plates for the seats?

GREASEMONKEY72 · 03-13-2007, 02:28 AM

i love the speaker set up you have, colors nice to

ChevyDude · 03-13-2007, 11:16 AM

Skokie, I haven't made the haeavy steel plates to weld underneath yet. Basically will be a square or rectangle plate with the correct size fitting hole placed over the bolt coming through the larger floor board hole. Doing it this way gives me adjustment, and then when the seats are just where I want them weld the heavy steel plate to secure and make the seats safe.

Thanks Grease! The Infinity Kappa speakers sound incredible! The funny thing is the front and rear speaker housings were formed from frozen pizza boxes cardboard and then scuffed and fiberglassed, bondo, sand, and then covered in the vinyl leather look material with contact cement . Same with the deck housing. If I was to do it again I would spray them in black GatorHyde bed liner material. That would give then an OEM Guitar amp look. I made the 10" sub box to look like a mini Guitar amp...can you see the Fender knobs on the top??? Phoenix Gold 10" sub is plenty of rumble!!! Amp is putting out some like 900 watts. The sys sounds clean and can freakin' hurt your ears when turned up! Might pull the housings out and spray them...but that is not a priority right now. And really as you sit in the seats they are NOT in your feets way. Of course you can kick them if you try...but why would ya do that??? Works for me and I didn't like the way they stuck out when mounted on the kick panel.

barn9 · 03-13-2007, 05:19 PM

Lookin' good Alex!

LUV2XCLR8 · 03-13-2007, 05:28 PM

ChevyDude · 03-13-2007, 05:58 PM

Thanks Barn, Thanks LUV! I sprayed a truck liner from Century Chevrolet this morning and then quickly went to working on Lil' Red's drivers side seat. Got it where it needs to be. Gotta make some heavy steel brackets to weld under the cab, but the seats are in and they fit....just right!!! Ain't progress a good thang!!! My painter tells me not to worry about the cab gas hole he can weld it up and paint to match...so I'm just chuggin along.

Going to bring back my electric one piece window install thread and work on finishing the windows next.

COACHMEASON · 03-13-2007, 06:01 PM

Noticed you did not fill in the gas hole...What the plan there?

ChevyDude · 03-13-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by COACHMEASON

Noticed you did not fill in the gas hole...What the plan there?

That was the first "Fired" painters F.U. New found awesome (expensive) painter says to finish the truck and he's going to weld in a patch piece and paint and blend any and all imperfections (there is a few). He says because the paint has NO metalic in it he will be able to blend it perfectly. Correct paint codes and his talents will be the trick.

1fun71 · 03-13-2007, 09:33 PM

I put buckets out of a AMC spirit in my truck and the amc already had a removable plate under the car on each bolt from the factory so it worked out perfect!

1972CheyenneSuper · 03-14-2007, 10:01 AM

Have you thought about finding a junk tank and cutting the filler spout off and reinstall the grommet and gas cap for an original look? That's what I'm planning to do with my truck so it can be restored to original if needed someday. Just a thought.

By the way, the truck looks great. Love the red/tan color combination.

ChevyDude · 03-14-2007, 10:04 AM

I was thinking last night about using removable a thick large maybe 2" x 2" plate and not welding??? Would melt my Extreme DynoMat sound deadner or burn my carpet??? Guess I could mark precisly where the plates go, pull the seats back out and roll the carpet back and weld, then replace the burned up DynoMat??? Proabably just bolt in removable plates and call it done.

ChevyDude · 03-14-2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by 1972CheyenneSuper

Have you thought about finding a junk tank and cutting the filler spout off and reinstall the grommet and gas cap for an original look? That's what I'm planning to do with my truck so it can be restored to original if needed someday. Just a thought.

By the way, the truck looks great. Love the red/tan color combination.

Yes , that option has been thought and milled over. I really want the hole filled. This truck will never go back to stock...it's been a resto-mod from the beginning. One thing I just couldn't do though was cut the radio dash hole or the doors for a modern stereo...just hate the cut radio hole way of life!

COACHMEASON · 03-14-2007, 10:28 AM

Could not agree with you more...Something about a plastic aftermarket radio in a metal dash...Of course, your going to have to find a mint factory radio for that interior..Hopefully you already have one b/c youll probably end paying more for that to sit there and look pretty than an aftermarket

71Chev · 03-14-2007, 10:58 AM

Looks great!

Looks like it's about time to start on the 4x4 Alex!

03-12-2007, 05:48 PM	#1
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	Lil' Red getting some seat! I went to work today, but didn't schedule any trucks to spray. It was an official playin' hookie Lil' Red day. Waxed her all up and started installing the seats. They were donated from an 04' Yukon Denali for a steal. Had to center the 10" sub on the back panel. Phoenix Gold 5 channel giant amp is behind passenger seat mouted to a leather look vinyl 5/8" partical board. You can see my 6x9's Kappa's in the corners. Pioneer 960 deck in it's lil' housing hangs to the lower dash. Just thought I'd show some interior pics. Oh she's on skates too!!! They work great! Easy to move! Attached Images __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4 Last edited by ChevyDude; 03-12-2007 at 05:55 PM.

03-12-2007, 05:56 PM	#2
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Last one on skates: Attached Images __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4

03-12-2007, 08:02 PM	#3
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03-12-2007, 08:11 PM	#4
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Thanks Bob!!! Drivers seat tomorrow. __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4

03-12-2007, 08:45 PM	#5
2nd_wnd Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winston Salem, NC Posts: 310	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! looks real nice. i kinda dig the placement of the front speakers on the floor. only have to be sure somebody don't stick their foot in it __________________ 72 LWB

03-12-2007, 09:12 PM	#6
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Well the front speakers were REALLY a challenge!!! I first bought the store kick panel deals and they were a mess and cheap! Infinity Kappas are way deep and no way were they going to fit in the plastic kick panels everyone sells So I formed up a mold to house the 6.5" and 1" tweet. Well it's so deep that if you install it on the kick panel it interfere with your feet on the pass side and you can't get to the highbeam switch...also E brake lever was in the way. So I mounted them facing you.... inbetween your feet. Drivers side is right where the clutch pedal would be depressed. I'm automatic trans so it worked. I may re-form the housings into a more appealing shape but for now...they is what they is...and the sound great! __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4 Last edited by ChevyDude; 03-12-2007 at 09:13 PM.

03-12-2007, 09:24 PM	#7
lamar Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Covington,Ga Posts: 453	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! I LOVE the color!!!!!!!!!!! What color is it????? __________________ 72 C-10

03-12-2007, 09:41 PM	#8
COACHMEASON Keep On Keepin' On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 417	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Nice...Hope lil' yellow looks as good one day...Wood or steel floor?

03-12-2007, 09:46 PM	#9
turbochevy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chatsworth, So Cal! Posts: 226	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! quick question, what was involved in the mounting of those seats? __________________ 1970 Chevy C 10 SWB

03-12-2007, 09:51 PM	#10
flatheadnut0 New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: nebraska Posts: 18	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Wow! Were those seats a booger to install? That truck looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last edited by flatheadnut0; 03-12-2007 at 09:51 PM.

03-12-2007, 10:10 PM	#11
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Color: Chevrolet Corvette Torch Red Lil' Yellow...will look great when you are done!!! I have a immpecable steel floor. No dents anywhere. This steel floor is nicest floor I have ever seen. They must have hauled leaves an nothing else. Seats aren't too bad. I centered the adjustable track under the seat, put the seat on a large piece of paper and made a template where to drill the holes. I drilled slightly over sized holes to give me some adjustment play room. Set the grade 8 bolts in the track holes and dropped the seat into place. Steel plates with the correct size hole for the seat bolt to go through will the welded under the cab for safety. __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4

03-13-2007, 12:04 AM	#12
skokie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Jose Ca. Posts: 3,342	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Can you get a pic of the underside of how you did your plates for the seats? __________________ RIP to my son Dylan. 5/17/2002 - 8/18/2018 If you want to know more about rare forms of pediatric cancer or if you want to help fund pediatric cancer research, please check out the website for the non-profit I started. https://slothforpedcancer.org 68 build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223234

03-13-2007, 02:28 AM	#13
GREASEMONKEY72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,893	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! i love the speaker set up you have, colors nice to __________________ -steven Alte Seele S.S. "Allison" '72 C/10 LWB 350SB/TH350 - DD PITBULL IS NOT A CRIME

03-13-2007, 11:16 AM	#14
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Skokie, I haven't made the haeavy steel plates to weld underneath yet. Basically will be a square or rectangle plate with the correct size fitting hole placed over the bolt coming through the larger floor board hole. Doing it this way gives me adjustment, and then when the seats are just where I want them weld the heavy steel plate to secure and make the seats safe. Thanks Grease! The Infinity Kappa speakers sound incredible! The funny thing is the front and rear speaker housings were formed from frozen pizza boxes cardboard and then scuffed and fiberglassed, bondo, sand, and then covered in the vinyl leather look material with contact cement . Same with the deck housing. If I was to do it again I would spray them in black GatorHyde bed liner material. That would give then an OEM Guitar amp look. I made the 10" sub box to look like a mini Guitar amp...can you see the Fender knobs on the top??? Phoenix Gold 10" sub is plenty of rumble!!! Amp is putting out some like 900 watts. The sys sounds clean and can freakin' hurt your ears when turned up! Might pull the housings out and spray them...but that is not a priority right now. And really as you sit in the seats they are NOT in your feets way. Of course you can kick them if you try...but why would ya do that??? Works for me and I didn't like the way they stuck out when mounted on the kick panel. __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4 Last edited by ChevyDude; 03-13-2007 at 11:30 AM.

03-13-2007, 05:19 PM	#15
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03-13-2007, 05:28 PM	#16
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03-13-2007, 05:58 PM	#17
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Thanks Barn, Thanks LUV! I sprayed a truck liner from Century Chevrolet this morning and then quickly went to working on Lil' Red's drivers side seat. Got it where it needs to be. Gotta make some heavy steel brackets to weld under the cab, but the seats are in and they fit....just right!!! Ain't progress a good thang!!! My painter tells me not to worry about the cab gas hole he can weld it up and paint to match...so I'm just chuggin along. Going to bring back my electric one piece window install thread and work on finishing the windows next. Attached Images __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4 Last edited by ChevyDude; 03-13-2007 at 06:02 PM.

03-13-2007, 06:01 PM	#18
COACHMEASON Keep On Keepin' On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 417	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Noticed you did not fill in the gas hole...What the plan there?

03-13-2007, 09:33 PM	#20
1fun71 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 119	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! I put buckets out of a AMC spirit in my truck and the amc already had a removable plate under the car on each bolt from the factory so it worked out perfect!

03-14-2007, 10:01 AM	#21
1972CheyenneSuper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ND Posts: 223	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Have you thought about finding a junk tank and cutting the filler spout off and reinstall the grommet and gas cap for an original look? That's what I'm planning to do with my truck so it can be restored to original if needed someday. Just a thought. By the way, the truck looks great. Love the red/tan color combination. Last edited by 1972CheyenneSuper; 03-14-2007 at 10:01 AM.

03-14-2007, 10:04 AM	#22
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! I was thinking last night about using removable a thick large maybe 2" x 2" plate and not welding??? Would melt my Extreme DynoMat sound deadner or burn my carpet??? Guess I could mark precisly where the plates go, pull the seats back out and roll the carpet back and weld, then replace the burned up DynoMat??? Proabably just bolt in removable plates and call it done. __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4

03-14-2007, 10:28 AM	#24
COACHMEASON Keep On Keepin' On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 417	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Could not agree with you more...Something about a plastic aftermarket radio in a metal dash...Of course, your going to have to find a mint factory radio for that interior..Hopefully you already have one b/c youll probably end paying more for that to sit there and look pretty than an aftermarket

03-14-2007, 10:58 AM	#25
71Chev Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 3,074	Re: Lil' Red getting some seat! Looks great! Looks like it's about time to start on the 4x4 Alex! __________________ 71 Chevy CST Long Fleet 350/350/3.07 leaf rear.

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