Wow, that's like every other day I was having for a while! lol.... You'll get there, and then it's REALLY nice to have a cherry and just roll from mod to mod until you're done, ya know? But yes, ...that sounded pretty sucky.... GRR fest for sure! lol. Sorry that Cluster I gotcha didn't work out.... Is it the cluster or the wiring man? Cuz I've read MANY times where people had issues and it was usually something else. Obviously, Terry told me a lil something about you two talking about this... I had no idea it was giving you trouble.

If you want I'll keep my eyes open for another, ok? I have one... was gonna sell it after doing some swap-testing on my temp gauge.

I guess these clusters are a lil weathered after 25+ YEARS, EH? hehe.

 

Dont feel bad Jason, I know someone on the west side of Missouri that took 4hours to work on a dome light. I dont even want to mention adding a flush kit, things went terribly wrong there. It was just your turn, now it is somebody elses turn, at least we got our turns out of the way and over with.lol.

Thanks Brandon, really apprecite it. It is just nice to have other guys that enjoy the same hobby and seeing there projects come together as well. I get the same excitement for seeing what you guys turn out. You reap what you sow, I dont want any bad things growing for me.

 

I thought that was how its always suppose to go?

 

hey mark yep I guess we all have those days its over now tho so on to the next thing. as far as the cluster man no worries on that buddy it worked fine except the oil presure gauge I think it was but you told me about that, I dont know what happened to the tach. If you could keep your eyes open for another one that would be sweet other wise Im sure one will pop up some where.


its not all that uncommon for me brandon it just really got under my skin yesterday.

 

Ok as ussual for me a different day a completely different project. I have really been wanting to get my interior done before my mom and dad headed home because my mom is real handy with that sort of thing. I ordered my fabric a couple weeks ago and the called the other day and said it was back ordered ugh, well today mom and went hunting fabric again and found some that matched the seats better than what I had ordered so it all worked out. We just worked on the rear seat panels today because I figuered they would be a little easier and we could kinda get a feel for how they were going to go together and look when done.

ruff cutting the padding


spray adhesive for fabric


trimming the padding


padding done


and for some reason I did get any picks of applying the fabric but heres one of the finished panel.


I chose to go with the lighter color in the seats and wind up with sort of a two tone look with all the plastic parts being the darker brown. the fabric looks a lot lighter in color than the seats but it mostly because the seats are dirty, when I get then cleaned up I think its gonna match great.

I also took a few minutes and painted some more of the panels


hopefully we can get the door panels finished tomorow and start getting it all back together. thanks for checking in guys.

 

got the door panels finished up today. I got the panels that we worked on yesterday installed along with some other interior parts. Im really happy with how they turned out and it was great haveing my mom and dads help.

dad working, he is a perfectionist with out trying


the process was the same for the door panels as for the rear, padding and fabric so I didnt bother to take any pics of that.







and while I had mom involved I had her throw together an arm rest for the center console


really hopeing to get it all installed and buttoned up tomorow, that is if I dont eat to much.

happy thanksgiving everybody

 

Have a great Thanksgiving. Your panels are coming along great and are looking good. So when are you going to start accepting orders on the panels.lol

 

they are looking good! Door panels are a nice easy upgrade to do the only problem I had when I made mine was if I pup padding on the front part of the panel the window cranks would not reach the drive splines!!! I hope you checked that.

 

thanks terry hope you hope you had a good turkey day. you would have to talk to my dad about the takeing orders, he pays so much attention to detail I dont know how he getts anything done. I sure I could do another set it was a preaty easy job.

thanks brandon, Im really glad I decided to go ahead and do them but Im also greatful my mom and dad were here to help. I used the thinest padding I could find and the fit great but I could see where that could be a problem.



I snuck out and got all the panels put in today but I didnt get any pics yet. Im almost as happy with the interior as I am the paint. the cloth panels are gonna make it feel so much more comfy inside. the material matches great.
I couldnt resist taking it for a little ride today, still have a few running issues that I will have to figure out but I will save that for another day.

 

lookin good

yeah i had that issue with the window cranks on my 79pu i had to countersink the panel at the cranks to get them to fit still break them as its tight

 

Thanks cyber horn, they place I got the fabric from recommended the padding I used its some kind of fiber stuff not foam, they claimed it will not break down over time like foam does and its thinner than 1/4 in foam, its just enough to add a little softness to the fabric, its also water resistant.

 

ok for a few pics of the finished product














like I said Im really happy with how it all turned out, I need to find another arm rest as the on the pass side door is in preaty bad shape but its there and will work for now. one big progect OFF the list.

 

now to shampoo the seats and it will be so fresh and so clean....LOL

 

should have done that before I put the seats back in but I was just so excited to see how it was going to look, it wont take much to pull them back out and clean em up.

 

I know how you feel!! you get close and just throw it together to run it down the road!!!!

 

lookin good nice contrast with the plastic bits

 

Thanks again cyber horn, its much better than the original stuff I had.

 

When we gonna see it all yellow and reassembled? Been waiting on an exterior shot for days!!

 

HighLux just go back a few page's there's a bunch of pics. Thanks for checking in man

 

DAYUMMMMMMMMM! LOL... YOU KIDDING ME? VERY NICE!!! I'm so impressed, Jason. Very much like another rig now

You are BRAVE going with a light color like that... WOW! haha... BUT, ........that's what soap is for, right?

Nice seeing the pockets all clean/painted and in there.. Just great!