recent progress-New seat, carpet, and rear bumper.

[lil hoodlum]

Hello everyone. I'm just posting some pics of recent progress of my 1968 c10 longbed. I recently started on the interior of my truck. It really needed it so badly. I have roughly had it bare bones style, no dash pad, cheap seat cover, no carpet, and largely old paintjob from preveiou owner. I can't beleive how much more I enjoy driving my truck now. The seat is an old one pulled out of a 1968 GMC from the salvage yard. I had a custom seat cover stitched up, installed a new dash pad from LMC (Just Dashes), and installed a new carpet from ACC with heat shield underneath. Since I was putting in new stuff, I wanted to paint the inside of the cab first. I've come close to finishing but still have to paint the inside of the driver door and the ceiling. I need to finish it up soon so I can install the new door weatherstripping. It has been raining quite a bit lately.

Anyways some pics.
Old seat and replacement seat from salvage yard.

[lil hoodlum]

new seat cover and installed.

[lil hoodlum]

New dashpad from LMC, came directly from Just Dashes though.

Keith

[lil hoodlum]

before paint, during, and finishing up. Still need to do inside driver door and ceiling.

Keith

[lil hoodlum]

more paint.

keith

[lil hoodlum]

Carpet installation. It actually took me several hours to install the carpeting. The hardest part was cutting all of the holes for the bolts and bolt ons. I used about 6 new razor blades for the job.

Keith

[Ole Greenie]

Really nice! We all know how difficult the inside work is but we experience the inside so much more than we do the outside! Great work!

[lil hoodlum]

And finally, for now, new rear bumper from LMC. It is the premium bumper and it is from Tri-plus. It definetly looks 100% better than the old one but it is not anywhere as sturdy. It actually only took me about an hour and half total to install. Used all new brackets and bolts. I just overtighten the old bolts and they all just broke off. How easy is that?

Keith

[lil hoodlum]

Originally Posted by Ole Greenie

Really nice! We all know how difficult the inside work is but we experience the inside so much more than we do the outside! Great work!

Thank you for the kind words. I am actually more prouder to drive around in it! LOL. The new seat even rides very well and goes quite a ways to help out dampening the road. I wish that I wouldn't have waited so long to do this.

I still have a bunch of new parts to install. It's a lot easier to just buy them but a little more difficult to find the time and energy to install them.

Keith

[FLDBRED]

Very nice,huge difference!I love the seat.Did you reupholster the old seat or use a "new" one?

[Sammy]

Great job. I don't know how you drove around the block in the old seat it looks really sad.

[VA72C10]

Great job! Awesome transformation on the interior...and the sport bumper looks great!

[lil hoodlum]

Originally Posted by FLDBRED

Very nice,huge difference!I love the seat.Did you reupholster the old seat or use a "new" one?

the seat that was recovered was another seat that I got out of a 1968 GMC from a local salvage yard. The other "old" seat was out of a 89 - 94 chevy truck. The seat back foam was no good so my the guy that redid it put in new foam and everything. He even cleaned up the seat frame and painted it for me without me asking for it. He did a really good job!

Keith

[lil hoodlum]

Originally Posted by MJs69CST

Nice progress!!

Thank you! As anyone on this board knows, it can be a lot of work to redo one of these old trucks. But I love to be outside and working on my truck when I have the time and energy.

It is defintely a labor of love for these old pickups!

Keith

[lil hoodlum]

Originally Posted by Sammy

Great job. I don't know how you drove around the block in the old seat it looks really sad.

I actually had reservations about swapping seats because the other seat was so comfortable but it looked so baaaaddddd! More than anything though, I hated that stupid seat cover and the old seat "shed" alot of fine material in the cab which I also hated.

But I guess we often have to get by with what we have and can afford sometimes, right?

Keith

[tantrumpipeline]

Worth every penny spent, seat looks great

[Jobe72]

Looks great.

[TrkEnvy]

I have a thrashed seat I wanna get recovered before I put it back in my 71. Do you mind if I ask how much your seat guy charged you to redo the 68 seat??

[long69]

sorry not to hijack the thread, but i really have to ask... what shifter are you using? from the pics the throw on it looks really long. i already have one of those mr. gasket ones that i'm thinking of putting in. just wonderin.

[charx2]

Very nice man, good job!

[lil hoodlum]

Originally Posted by TrkEnvy

I have a thrashed seat I wanna get recovered before I put it back in my 71. Do you mind if I ask how much your seat guy charged you to redo the 68 seat??

I paid $350. He redid that seat back foam. It might have been a little high but he has graciously let me use his shop a few times and wouldn't take a cent from me. This is a way for me to pay him back. He also replaced the windshield a long time ago and only charged me $200.

Keith

[lil hoodlum]

Originally Posted by long69

sorry not to hijack the thread, but i really have to ask... what shifter are you using? from the pics the throw on it looks really long. i already have one of those mr. gasket ones that i'm thinking of putting in. just wonderin.

Yes, it is one of those Mr. Gasket ones! LOL

The throw does almost go to the dash. I would love to find another one that the throw isn't quite as wide. I am thinking about having a new one fabricated so that I can put a new shiftknob on it.

Keith

[lil hoodlum]

Originally Posted by tantrumpipeline

Worth every penny spent, seat looks great

Thanks for the positive response. I wish I would have done it a long time ago. I love looking at it and driving around thinking about what a huge difference it has made!

Keith

[long69]

Originally Posted by lil hoodlum

Yes, it is one of those Mr. Gasket ones! LOL

The throw does almost go to the dash. I would love to find another one that the throw isn't quite as wide. I am thinking about having a new one fabricated so that I can put a new shiftknob on it.

Keith

thanks for the reply, looks like i'll wait a lil longer to intall if i do.