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Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Rat Motor Complete--04/08

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 6:07 am
by mustang1989
Onto the interior.

I am going to use seats from an AMT 1988 Mustang kit that I just recently acquired since it has two sets in the box. I'll also be using the center console out of it as well.
First off the seats sat too low for me.

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So I managed to snake a small Lego to use as a platform:

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Seat is right where I want it in regards to height after sanding the towers of the Lego down a bit:

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So with that.....let's add some carpet to the equation:

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Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Eng. Test Fit & Interior-04/10

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:17 am
by Paul
nice

Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Eng. Test Fit & Interior-04/10

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 6:46 pm
by mustang1989
Thanks Paul! :grin:

Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Eng. Test Fit & Interior-04/10

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:17 pm
by Doogie
The engine turned out amazing, can't wait to see what you do with the interior.

Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Eng. Test Fit & Interior-04/10

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 3:47 am
by mustang1989
Thanks Doogie! BTW , Welcome aboard to a great forum!! Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Eng. Test Fit & Interior-04/10

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:14 am
by mustang1989
Movin' on with the interior. I black based both of the seats and the console and will be painting the seats what will end up being a dark red color and the console will be gloss black.

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The shifter in the console was for an automatic so I sanded the PRNDL and the raised portion down from that area and will be installing a shifter boot from another kit and will be using a bobby pin as a shifter lever/ stick that has a black head/ ball on it. I formed it back towards the drivers seat in an "S" curve. I just didn't like the straight stick. After smoothing out the ball I've already got the white dot on it and have a small syringe standing by so I can put the "8" in the center of it. I couldn't NOT put an "8 ball" atop the stick you know. :wink:

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Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Interior Updates-04/12

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:06 am
by Stuart
Well what can I say about that Engine? It looks real!

Great work on the interior thus far - the 8 ball is a cool addition. How do you do your carpets?

Cheers

Stuart

Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Interior Updates-04/12

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:31 am
by mustang1989
Thanks Stuart!

Go to this site for the carpet info: http://www.flockit.com/index.php/produc ... ibers.html

Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Interior Updates-04/12

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 4:33 am
by mustang1989
I think I managed to pull the 8 ball on top of the shifter off................

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Re: 54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-Interior Updates-04/12

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 6:04 am
by LyleW
mustang1989 wrote:I think I managed to pull the 8 ball on top of the shifter off................

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Okay.....now you are showing off! Amazing stuff. Next, will the keys work in the ignition? You are a genius at this stuff.