Customs 1949 chevy interior build

Here is the build for my 1949 chevy interior and dash update..

When I got the car it was ok... but not that good..

Had the old S-10 plastic column and ok wheel... 1990's gauges... and a crappy stereo,...

Also the seats were tired and electric windows were sad..

Guys, i know white seats look great when the cars in the garage... and at the show... but the rest of the time they SUCK!!

 

so first step...

Remove it all!!!

 

Then i noticed that the floor had some really bad patches..... done with fiberglass and tin foil..

so that got removed too..

 

Took every wire out of the car...

 

I sent the seats out to get recovered in Black....
while I was waiting,,, i replaced all of brake components...

Simple mustang @ stuff from speedway... easy to use and works great..

I do think i should have gone to the bigger 11in disk.... these are the 9.5in... and they stop the car.... but a bit more grab would have been nice..

I did end up swapping the booster... ... but that a different post..

 

next step.... spend 500$ on dyno mat...

then slap it everywhere....

Also, coated the bare metal with Por15 first... to prevent any long term rust...

 

NExt......

Wire her up!!

I used a cool Fuse panel, from Centech...
It had just what i needed is a super small box... and was pretty much plug and play...

Bring your own wires...

http://www.centechwire.com/PDP-1B-High-Tech-Fuse-Panel-PDP-1B.htm

Mounted the brain in the truck, next to the battery and started pulling wires...

it took a day to run the wires... then another day to terminate them... but its well worth it,... the wiring is clean, color coded, labeled... and hidden!!

 

Really making progress now!!!

I got all new gauges fro So cal speed shop...

My dad helped me out and wired up the dash as a sub assembly... It came out perfect!! I wish i took more pictures of it on the bench,..

Also added a new steering column from IDIDIT, and a 40 ford wheel..

i know.... ford wheel in a Chevy...

 

missed some steps....

but added carpets, headliner, trim, chrome, sweat, tears,.. blood.... and ended up with this,

This was my first full interior... and i learned a lot..

 

did a photo shoot...

haha Photo credit to my buddy Rian!

 

Tell me about your seats; rebuild the old ones? - I need some ideas

And hoe bad was it doing the headliner?

 

Hey Dave,

the Rears are the original frames, but the fronts were from some 80's or 90's truck... maybe the same S-10 the steering came from..

I had them recovered with the same vinyl Mercedes uses, so they feel really nice!!

The headline was a total pain!
I both the kit, from Ecklers... and its cut pretty close.... but the install is really tricky!

the kit comes long.... so its a balance between gluing, stapling and trimming... There is only one point that u cut it short and had to make a little patch panel./.

I also through out my back in the processes.... the odd angles and lots of in a and out of the car beat me up..

but its way better then the 3- 5k quotes i got... all in the headliner cost me 300$ in material... so ill take that any day!


I also found that the thinker the materiel the better for the headliner... The stuff i used was very thing and i felt like it would tear..



Check out the link to this build... just started the post so i will keep it updated...

 

Nice Chevy! That gauge pod is pretty slick. Did you make that? Reminds me of spider eyes.

 

it was with the car... I found some similar on sold only websites...

its basically a disk with holes in it...

the back is really cool and wired up as its own assembly so it comes off with one connector!!

 

Well done. Very good looking interior.


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Very cool!! Love it

 

Nice job! where did ya get the steering column mount?

 

Part of the column mount is stock chevy,, then i CNC'ed the bottom half and adapter.. i think i have one more if your interested.

 

Love the look of the dash.......

 

Damn nice ride you have there.

 

Started a new project... remove and update drivetrain..

Picked up a 383 from blueprint and tore out the full drivetraina md brake system.. aslo adding back the sniper efi from holley


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Really Nice Job! Well done!

 

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Busted knuckles club!


Made good progress today.. motors is in and new trans corssmember 75% done.

Cleaned out the gas take and added a fuel return for the efi system.

Also rerouted a bunch of wiring to make it look gooooood


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Brake system in!

Efi in!

Steering in!

Still more to goo... save jt for next weekend!


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Great work. Where is the MC/booster/Proportioning valve from? What size is the Booster?

 

The booster is the 7inch... hopefully has enough power! The mount kit and valve is all from speedway.. Its a new kit they have specifically for the 49 chevy... it went it very easily!

 

Thanks. Hope you are making more progress. Great build so far.

 

Much more done yesterday! Started the exhaust

Found some flow master bends that fit and going with 26in cherry bombs!

Summit basic h pipe balancer kit..

Fitting nice and tidy!!



Visited St Archers brewery! Brought home some fresh beers!! Helped make the job easier!


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