Some great pics of our more or less completed truck :)
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Hey thanks! Yep that's basically it. But it is vinyl, except the seat. Seat is all leather. The upholstery shop did a great job, but they screwed up my dome light wiring and scratched my door and fender. But of course they won't own up to it. They did great upholstery work, but they're a little short on integrity.
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Tyler - congrats to you and your son on a most striking finished project. Yours should be the required project thread read to educate new owners on the challenges, victories, and commitment needed for such an outcome.
Get some miles on that beauty. Be sure the horn works so you can properly respond to all the admiring reactions from onlookers.
Get some miles on that beauty. Be sure the horn works so you can properly respond to all the admiring reactions from onlookers.
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Thank you all for the encouraging comments! I thought some of you might find the following pictures interesting. My son is a very gifted guitarist. He plays both electric and acoustic. It is one of the focal points of his life. Anyway, we thought we would incorporate that symbolically in this truck (the truck is mine on paper but his in practice).
So our seat upholstery has 6 stitched seams on each side, representing the 6 strings of a guitar (same with the headliner)...
The upper portion of the door panels are cut to emulate the head of his Fender Telecaster electric guitar (the head of a guitar is the small end, where the tuning pegs are), complete with large screws and finish washers to imitate the tuning pegs...
For the shifter ****, we cut the horn off of an old Fender Stratocaster body that we bought for 10 or 20 bucks at a used music store...
It turned out cool I think. Subtle. Tyler
So our seat upholstery has 6 stitched seams on each side, representing the 6 strings of a guitar (same with the headliner)...
The upper portion of the door panels are cut to emulate the head of his Fender Telecaster electric guitar (the head of a guitar is the small end, where the tuning pegs are), complete with large screws and finish washers to imitate the tuning pegs...
For the shifter ****, we cut the horn off of an old Fender Stratocaster body that we bought for 10 or 20 bucks at a used music store...
It turned out cool I think. Subtle. Tyler