81 Interior makeover

I am mostly complete with the interior makeover of my 81. First some pics of the starting point when I bought the truck.





I found a set of door panels in really good shape locally. I also found a later (92 or so I think?) bench seat with the headrest humps, which I liked better than the flat-top bench that came in the truck. I got it reupholstered at a local shop, nothing fancy, just a good imitation of what might have come stock. I also had them recover the really sad dash pad, which they did for a really good price.

SEM Color Coat Pacific Blue dye/paint on the kick panels, a-pillars, dash and door cards.

Then some carpet, door weatherstripping and window fuzzies from LMC.

I had already redone the instrument cluster, so that was all set to go.

And finally, a classic look radio with modern guts and bluetooth, Polk audio speakers in the doors, a Blaupunkt amp and some 6x9's behind the seat.

Here's where it's at now.













Now to figure out the mysteries of the HVAC system.

Thanks for sharing your progress with us!

Pete - That REALLY looks great!  You've given it a remarkable transformation.  Well done!

How 'bout showing us the gauges and they look really sharp?

Thanks Gary, I'm very happy with it.

I actually already covered the gauges in this earlier post:

New instrumentation for my 81
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Thanks!  I'd forgotten that.  

Very nice!