Thanks Rusted.
I've started attempting to make a headliner. It is proving a bit more difficult with the compound curves.

 

I bit the bullet and paid a guy to do mine, I don't have the talent you do....He's in the process of installing it here.

 

Wow - that looks good! I think you should remove and send it to me - it would fit the theme with my exterior scallops!

What material is that made out of? And if you don't mind me asking, what's something like that cost? The main reason I am doing the interior myself is because it seems the upholstery shops around me are quite pricey.

From what I've seen, everything on your truck is top notch work.

 

Per your request. Here is where old school looks meets new(ish) school drivetrain. It was built as a driver and runs great. I've done some work, but it could use some more detailing.

 

Thanks, he did a nice job. I thought you might like the scallops. It was right around 3500 - 4000, including all material, labor and taxes. He did the entire cab for that, recovered the seats, headliner, kick panels, console, door panels, carpet, underlay and rear panel. It was well worth it to me. The carpet you see is not the carpet in there, it's just a couple of mats I threw in there to keep the carpet clean, it's black / charcoal carpet.

 

Thanks for the pics. Wow, I was somehow thinking it was an old engine. I went back and read "fuel injected 244 Ford" on your first post. What engine is that again and what model/yr did it come out of? Transplanting something like that makes good sense for drivability. Edit: I plugged in 244 to a calculator and get 3.99 liters, so I'm guessing it's the 4.0 liter V6 that came in not sure what all, but Ranger pickups was one of them.

 

Correct - from a Ford Ranger. It's a pretty torquey engine. If I tell someone 4.0L, they usually try to correct me and say it is a 5.0L! It is something different. I'd like to have a lightning 5.4, coyote 5.0 or something old school with multiple strombergs, but those aren't in the budget right now. I've seen a supercharger that I'm contemplating down the road.

 

That's a great choice and doesn't break the bank. The engines like the Cobra 4.6 4V and Lightning 5.4 are coming down pricewise because everyone now wants a Coyote, so just keep an eye out online and where ever and a deal should pop up, but in the meantime the 4.0 will do you just fine to keep you on the road. For that matter, look at the F150 Coyote engine; much better cost than the Mustang version and not far behind in power.

 

Got a quote on a headliner today - $1,200. That's not in the budget right now. Back to the drawing board.

 

Yikes!..........

 

You should head on over to a wrecking yard and pull a headliner out of another vehicle then slice and dice to fit it in yours. For my panel truck I used a head liner from an extended cab Chevy pickup for the front portion and it fit well with very little cutting and for the rear portion I used the liner from a club van.



It turned out good enough for me. If you wanted you could cut patterns and glue it to the first layer then cover it all in what ever fabric you choose..

 

Good enough? Looks fantastic!

 

That looks great! Do you know the year on the chevy pickup? The days of pick and pull seem to be gone around me. You need to know the exact part you want. Even then, if they deem it too small of part (or dollar figure), they couldn't be bothered. If I could walk around and measure a bunch of vehicles maybe I could find something to modify.

Quick update - Finished up the carpet/ kick panels by making some door sills out of aluminum:

 

The head liner was from a 88-98 Chevy body style like this

 

I'm on the hunt for one of those headliners. What type of adhesive did you use to piece the liners together?

Finally tackled the dome light. At some point for the chopped top, the brace for the light was cut out. It was one of those projects that I had been avoiding - mostly because I wasn't quite sure what to do. It probably would have been easier to do before completing the rest of the interior. Tried to cover everything from the grinding and welding sparks.

This is where the original roof brace was cut off. I previously trimmed the roof brace so that the back of the dome light will fit.


Decided to cut the metal flush and grind it down. Then formed a new metal sheet to attach to the round roof bracing.


Welded it up. (Don't have a lot of practice!) It will eventually be covered by the headliner so hopefully this will work. Tomorrow I plan on re-painting the window frame.