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Rrister

Interior rebuild progress

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Randy, 1982 F100, 4.9L,
3 speed with O.D.
460 C6 swap soon.

grumpin

Re: Interior rebuild progress

Good job!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Rrister

Re: Interior rebuild progress

Thank you

Randy, 1982 F100, 4.9L,
3 speed with O.D.
460 C6 swap soon.

Andre

Re: Interior rebuild progress

Wauw, real nice job, I know what you have been gone through. Its not easy to paint all the plastics.

Amsterdam Bronco

Gary Lewis

Re: Interior rebuild progress

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Wow! Nice job!

Tell us more, please, about what you did to the dash cover? It looks like you used the expanding foam to fill the cracks. And you cut out the speaker opening. But what did you cover the whole thing with? How did you bridge the speaker opening?

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

FuzzFace2

Re: Interior rebuild progress

Gary Lewis wrote

Wow! Nice job!

Tell us more, please, about what you did to the dash cover? It looks like you used the expanding foam to fill the cracks. And you cut out the speaker opening. But what did you cover the whole thing with? How did you bridge the speaker opening?

Yes vary nice job!
Yes do tell how you re-finished the dash pad & panels as it may help others.

It looks like the truck has AC by the vents in the dash but I also see the foot well kick panels have vents that come in non-AC trucks.
Did you add the foot well vents or is the AC a dealer install as I think some had the AC vents in the dash?

BTW my non-AC truck now has factory AC, swapped in the AC firewall, but I kept the foot well vents.

I also know how much work it is to redo the dash.
My truck did not have AC so I started with the one from
my parts truck but had to repair where they broke it to get the radio & HVAC controls out.
I went with a dash pad over lay after 2 failed tries of fix one of 2 I had.
Dave ----

ps truck is not bad looking either

Dave G.
81 F100 flare side 300 six / AA OD / NP435 / 2.75 gear
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100?page=1
81 F100 style side 300 six/SROD parts truck -RIP
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1981-Ford-F100

Rrister

Re: Interior rebuild progress

It is in fact expanding foam. The cover is marine grade vinyl glue on with DAP landau top adhesive. As far as bridging the speaker hole I used fiberglass matting and resin (pic attached). I used the same grade vinyl on the doors and armrest.

Randy, 1982 F100, 4.9L,
3 speed with O.D.
460 C6 swap soon.

Gary Lewis

Re: Interior rebuild progress

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Would you mind doing a how-to on that? I think a lot of people would be interested.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Rrister

Re: Interior rebuild progress

I’ll work on putting something together over the next couple of days. Should I add it to the projects thread or start a “how to”.

Randy, 1982 F100, 4.9L,
3 speed with O.D.
460 C6 swap soon.

Rrister

Re: Interior rebuild progress

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I added the foot well vents. My parts truck is non ac so I robbed them from it. All of the under hood stuff is missing for my ac so I figured I could use the extra air flow.

Randy, 1982 F100, 4.9L,
3 speed with O.D.
460 C6 swap soon.

Gary Lewis

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I think a separate thread would be best as the title will bring attention to it. Something like How To Repair A Dash Cover or somesuch.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Gsmblue

Re: Interior rebuild progress

That would be so useful!

1985.5 F-150 XL Explorer standard cab 5.0 EFI AOD 4x4
Daily Driver. We call her Eunice the Ute.

1982 Bronco XLT Lariat 351W AOD 4x4
Code name Esperanza, or Espy to her friends. Please see my Project thread for the blow by blow.

1984 F-350 XL Centurion crew cab 460 T19 4x4
"Eylza Dual-little"

kramttocs

Re: Interior rebuild progress

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Excellent!
I really like the two tone door panels.

Scott
'Camano' 1986 F250 Supercab XLT Lariat 460/C6
'Chanute' 1980 F350 C&C 400/NP 435 - Gin Pole

But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio

Rrister

Re: Interior rebuild progress

Thank you

Randy, 1982 F100, 4.9L,
3 speed with O.D.
460 C6 swap soon.

Rrister

Re: Interior rebuild progress

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Thank you. I like the look of the black.

Randy, 1982 F100, 4.9L,
3 speed with O.D.
460 C6 swap soon.

Jstas

Re: Interior rebuild progress

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This looks incredible!

1983 Ford F-250 HD "Big Sloppy"
- 2WD, extended cab, long bed
- 4-speed manual T18
- Dana 61, standard 3.73
- 351W

Gary Lewis

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Randy - Do you have the pics in a larger format? Probably so big that you chose Resize/Big? If you do/did then you could edit them down to under 1Mb and get them larger on the screen so we can see the details better.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Rrister

Re: Interior rebuild progress

I adjusted the photos here. I also changed them on the “ how to “ post

Randy, 1982 F100, 4.9L,
3 speed with O.D.
460 C6 swap soon.

Gary Lewis

Re: Interior rebuild progress

Administrator

Good job on the pics. MUCH easier to see what you are talking about and how well things turned out.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Bullnose Gator

Re: Interior rebuild progress

Looks amazing! How hard was removing/installing the dash core? Mine has cracked down the middle panel above the glove box so I'm thinking of finding another one and painting it the same color as yours. Very nice job.

Jeremy - Oviedo, FL
1986 F250 XLT Lariat Supercab 4x4 Manual 460