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2275 hits | 70.92 KB | Posted: 5/23/04

I always like to start with a good template, they always save time in the end. This one is for the ...
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1478 hits | 70.65 KB | Posted: 5/23/04

They can also help you save material
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1383 hits | 65.64 KB | Posted: 5/23/04

A rough peice, Still needs lots of work
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1395 hits | 60.72 KB | Posted: 5/23/04

Cut both of them out. Test fit, and still more work to get it the way I want it.
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1432 hits | 53.03 KB | Posted: 5/23/04

You can see the drivers side one needs to be adjusted to get it to fit right, and Im not likin the p...
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1317 hits | 79.94 KB | Posted: 5/23/04

The passenger side was to close to the seat belt, and it just didnt follow the lines of the floor
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1290 hits | 67.3 KB | Posted: 5/23/04

Another shot, Im gonna need to use some bondo to get it smooth again for vynal
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1393 hits | 65.18 KB | Posted: 5/29/04

Test fit wit the modifided peices. Still need alot of work.
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1349 hits | 55.12 KB | Posted: 5/29/04

In this one you can see how it kinda follows the tranny hump
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1330 hits | 71.38 KB | Posted: 5/29/04

Finally after lots of adjustments both sides fit how I want them to
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1300 hits | 70.52 KB | Posted: 5/29/04

Its starting to look like something. That piece will be for switches, after more adjustments
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1310 hits | 52.14 KB | Posted: 5/29/04

It has a foot-print very similar to the stock one, accept for the upper part
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1276 hits | 79.87 KB | Posted: 5/29/04

The peice that holds the gauges and back on.
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1245 hits | 70.88 KB | Posted: 5/29/04

I wanted the gauges to be angled towards the driver a bit, so....
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1173 hits | 62.6 KB | Posted: 5/30/04

This is where the gauges will go
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1139 hits | 59 KB | Posted: 5/30/04

Adding a detail peice to the gauge part. when it is on the console this part will help it flow bett...
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1186 hits | 61.9 KB | Posted: 5/30/04

The big panel and smaller one where the cup holders go.
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1254 hits | 65.37 KB | Posted: 5/30/04

The last of the difficult peices is on. Although there is still LOTS more to do
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1173 hits | 61.07 KB | Posted: 5/30/04

Starting to fill out a little. Also, there are a few gaps, but I will smooth the whole thing out wi...
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1208 hits | 66.61 KB | Posted: 5/30/04

Because the screws on the sides are only temporary I had to build a "backbone" for when i take it a-...
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1243 hits | 64.84 KB | Posted: 6/1/04

Went to Radio Shack for some goodies. Even though they only had 3 of the 6 switches I need
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1227 hits | 65.58 KB | Posted: 6/1/04

Cutthe holes for the gauges. Made one boo-boo.
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1242 hits | 66.66 KB | Posted: 6/1/04

Its goona be kick ass! I'm going to fix the boo-boo before I vynal it.
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1160 hits | 66.5 KB | Posted: 6/1/04

This was way harder than it should have been. This was the 4th one, and it still needs alot of sand...
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1238 hits | 61.97 KB | Posted: 6/1/04

Because the aluminum was so thin i couldn't use a twist bit. Ended up using a forsner bit, ya I kno...
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1180 hits | 64.72 KB | Posted: 6/1/04

Will look nice, but still needs work. Switches aren't perfectly in-line.
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1182 hits | 57.73 KB | Posted: 6/6/04

Found the other 3 switches, and cleaned up the aluminum
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1139 hits | 69.92 KB | Posted: 6/6/04

Routed out the center section free-hand, ya took a while
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1114 hits | 66.4 KB | Posted: 6/6/04

Chisled out the corners, and decided to scew the indiviual holes and cut a rectangle.
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1179 hits | 61.53 KB | Posted: 6/6/04

Once it is vynaled it will look nice, all inset and what not.
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1062 hits | 64.81 KB | Posted: 6/6/04

Did the same thing to the gauge holder
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1114 hits | 72.75 KB | Posted: 6/6/04

Made the aluminum thingy for it.
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1138 hits | 49.4 KB | Posted: 6/6/04

Oh ya, im getting pumped, polished the to aluminum parts, they look nice.
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1062 hits | 65.62 KB | Posted: 6/13/04

Cup holders, soon to have aluminum like the rest.
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1059 hits | 57.42 KB | Posted: 6/13/04

Cup holder aluminum.
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1180 hits | 67.91 KB | Posted: 6/13/04

Only 2 more panels to modify.
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1136 hits | 53.99 KB | Posted: 6/13/04

The part cut out will be black vynal, with the old school bronco logo on it.
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1071 hits | 60.72 KB | Posted: 6/13/04

Future home of a TV, but not for a while i have no money.
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1133 hits | 68.29 KB | Posted: 6/13/04

Side veiw
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1082 hits | 71.35 KB | Posted: 6/13/04

Started with some wood putty. Soon to come LOTS of sanding.
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1119 hits | 56.22 KB | Posted: 6/28/04

Sanded down the wood putty, still needs another layer.
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1096 hits | 64.86 KB | Posted: 6/28/04

Time to turn this into a piece of trim.
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1127 hits | 70.94 KB | Posted: 6/28/04

So the camera took a dump, I couldnt take pictures till today. This is one of the trim pieces for t...
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1067 hits | 43.47 KB | Posted: 6/28/04

It fits right here and runs the lengh of the console.
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1099 hits | 43.44 KB | Posted: 6/28/04

the back gets some too
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1050 hits | 71.17 KB | Posted: 6/28/04

Insert TV here
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1245 hits | 57.81 KB | Posted: 6/28/04

UM UM tasty
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1009 hits | 63.92 KB | Posted: 7/11/04

Gluein' up the TV holder.
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992 hits | 55.31 KB | Posted: 7/11/04

After 3 tries I finally got the aluminum done for the other side, some of those angles were tricky.
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1016 hits | 55.3 KB | Posted: 7/11/04

Putty'd the carp out of the TV area, at 6 bucks for a big can it sure is cheaper than fiber-glass.
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1026 hits | 57.22 KB | Posted: 7/11/04

Filled the last gap in the back to keep everything together for vynal, which is gonna be soon! YAY!
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1004 hits | 54.13 KB | Posted: 7/17/04

Wood putty dried, and sanded
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1034 hits | 55.42 KB | Posted: 7/17/04

Second layer of putty, to fill in the smaller gaps
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1021 hits | 55.17 KB | Posted: 7/18/04

2nd coat of putty sanded down, nearing the finish.
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1016 hits | 60.37 KB | Posted: 7/18/04

3rd and final coat of putty, oh ya I HATE SANDING!
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1140 hits | 103.68 KB | Posted: 7/18/04

One of the pieces for the storage area, Im coating all of it with the spray on bed liner you can buy...
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1303 hits | 48.74 KB | Posted: 7/18/04

Another test fit, everything looks good, accept for one thing....
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1162 hits | 50.25 KB | Posted: 7/18/04

opps, just needs some lovin
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1377 hits | 53.74 KB | Posted: 7/18/04

Got her all sanded and cut down to fit, now its comin together. I can't wait.
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1107 hits | 60.77 KB | Posted: 7/18/04

Now that I know it all fits it can be glued together.
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1082 hits | 57.43 KB | Posted: 7/18/04

Finally done sanding the TV area, gettin close to vynal time, guess I gotta order it soon, Crap.
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1062 hits | 63.67 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

With the gauge "pod" glued in place you can kinda see what it will look like
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999 hits | 62.15 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

More putty to smooth out the edges. The poster board is there to keep the putty from bonding to the...
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1024 hits | 65.66 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

I had to taunt my-self, every time I do this i just want it to be done.
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975 hits | 42.23 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

Made th bottom of the compartment and re-bed lined the front part.
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1022 hits | 48.13 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

Lid cut to size
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986 hits | 51.73 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

Routed the edge, remember to alwasy be careful when routing, or bad things will happen!
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968 hits | 54.12 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

Example of a bad thing.
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952 hits | 42.9 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

Routed a palce to grab the top. I need some new bits as you can see from the burning, mine are like...
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1019 hits | 47.57 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

This way I wont have to claw at it to open it
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1036 hits | 52.7 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

Eruopean cabinet hinges, expesive at 7 bucks each but they are spring loaded so that the top will st...
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990 hits | 33.27 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

round ove rthe bottom edge of the edge with the hinges on it, so that the vyanl does not cause a bin...
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962 hits | 49.52 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

I really like the indentation on the facroty console, so i thought I would incorperate it into mine,...
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1058 hits | 51.17 KB | Posted: 8/1/04

It took a while and some patence but it got it done, although I didnt tighten the route base down to...
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1116 hits | 49.49 KB | Posted: 8/26/04

This is the center section out and getting "covered" I tried vynal but it just didnt look how i wan...
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939 hits | 75.3 KB | Posted: 8/26/04

This piece is also getting the truck bed coating (which matches teh dash perfectly in texture and co...
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940 hits | 58.61 KB | Posted: 9/1/04

Glueing the cup holder aluminum on.
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908 hits | 56.97 KB | Posted: 9/1/04

Glueing the switch panel one (ever so high tech)
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1112 hits | 62.45 KB | Posted: 9/1/04

Both peices glued on, starting to look better.
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878 hits | 62.72 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

Glueing the guage holder on after some painting
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891 hits | 45.18 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

Glued on with some final coats of paint going on
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903 hits | 60.8 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

Adhesive for vynal on the back panel
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893 hits | 44.63 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

Adhesive on the vynal
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859 hits | 80.16 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

This is what i use, hell of alot easyer than contact cement and works really well.
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892 hits | 41.98 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

Back vynaled (if thats a word) with aluminum attached
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812 hits | 47.62 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

The aluminum hides the staples and edges
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869 hits | 54.9 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

Back, bottem, and front of the large compartment attached and ready to paint
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871 hits | 69.44 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

Aluminum renforements for the hinges, also hide vynal seams
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878 hits | 42.7 KB | Posted: 9/11/04

First coat
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804 hits | 59.67 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

Gluing the gauge aluminum on.
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927 hits | 61.66 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

All the aluminum pieces on.
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838 hits | 52.22 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

Putty to fill in all the mock up holes.
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783 hits | 61.11 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

Once the putty dried and I sanded it down, it was time to start the vynal. The back is the only pie...
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753 hits | 56.49 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

Driver side done.
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778 hits | 56.83 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

Attaching the aluminum trim, which also holds the vynal tight and creates a cleaner looking seam.
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789 hits | 64.15 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

This is how I will attach the rest of the pieces. I drilled bunch of holes and then i can cut it to...
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907 hits | 67.16 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

Clamping the middle divider in so i can attach it with the home-made brackets
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828 hits | 60.73 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

The compartmet takes shape.
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1195 hits | 62.48 KB | Posted: 9/26/04

Did a little mock up, Just gotta vynal the rear section of the center, and drill the holes in the si...
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861 hits | 58.1 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

Clampin' it together so i can screw it together.
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873 hits | 63.07 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

This pis shows the little brackets I used to hold it together. They are just angle iron cut up with...
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1132 hits | 44.49 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

Yet another test fit, revealing yet another adjustment.
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980 hits | 44.65 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

Another view.
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941 hits | 55.7 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

Part of the gauge holder hit the dash and broke off, had to sand it a bit and paint it. All better ...
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821 hits | 49.79 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

This piece has proved to be a HUGE PAIN IN THE ASS. re-doin it AGAIN...AHHHHHH
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839 hits | 79.03 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

Some of the wiring.
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920 hits | 79.52 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

More wires
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900 hits | 40 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

Orignally I was gonna use a 8awg for the grounf, but after looking at this mess I think we are gonna...
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957 hits | 66.13 KB | Posted: 10/10/04

This is where the power will coem in, again originally 8awg may switch to 4awg havent decided.
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878 hits | 64.8 KB | Posted: 10/31/04

All three guages installed and working.
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930 hits | 45.88 KB | Posted: 10/31/04

After fighting this piece 3 times, I finally got it to come out how i wanted it.
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891 hits | 53.65 KB | Posted: 10/31/04

The insert that will some day have some kind of symbol on it....no money right now.
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903 hits | 52.17 KB | Posted: 10/31/04

On goes the vynal
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869 hits | 55.19 KB | Posted: 10/31/04

Trimed up and ready to go in.
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906 hits | 61.72 KB | Posted: 10/31/04

Put the divder and bottem on. Now i can finish some more of the wiring.
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965 hits | 71.33 KB | Posted: 10/31/04

Got some more of the wiring done, and about half of the fuse block wired.
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891 hits | 63.33 KB | Posted: 10/31/04

Also got the Wig-Wags wired, can't wait for that fun!
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864 hits | 71.48 KB | Posted: 11/7/04

Fuse panel pretty much done.
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804 hits | 64.41 KB | Posted: 11/7/04

Got mpre wiring done, this is one of the connectors that will link the console to the B'co
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873 hits | 75.28 KB | Posted: 11/7/04

99% of the wiring is done....to many wires
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901 hits | 51.61 KB | Posted: 12/7/04

Inside compartment all painted, again with pickup truck bed liner. Just can't get enough of that st...
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996 hits | 82.84 KB | Posted: 12/7/04

All the wiring done, accept for the main power connections and the TV
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888 hits | 60.03 KB | Posted: 12/12/04

All of the wires from the engine compartment are run. Interior next.
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1083 hits | 56.37 KB | Posted: 1/30/05

Got the bezzel for the TV to fit where it needs to go. it was slightly bigger than the hole so i wi...
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1059 hits | 62 KB | Posted: 1/30/05

All puttied and re-painted, ready for the TV
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1114 hits | 60.68 KB | Posted: 1/30/05

TV is in, not much more to do.
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940 hits | 78.83 KB | Posted: 1/30/05

Power wires in
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964 hits | 48.78 KB | Posted: 1/30/05

The DVD player was gonna go under the seat but it didnt fit. So...
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1050 hits | 44.81 KB | Posted: 1/30/05

DVD player installed
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1190 hits | 64.89 KB | Posted: 1/30/05

Pretty much all done accept for the lid, dunno if i like this one.
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1265 hits | 52.45 KB | Posted: 2/6/05

Out with the old
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1306 hits | 54.98 KB | Posted: 2/6/05

Connectors on the bronco side of the wiring
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2866 hits | 64.98 KB | Posted: 2/6/05

In with the new
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2605 hits | 57.83 KB | Posted: 2/6/05

Driver side
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1864 hits | 58.59 KB | Posted: 2/6/05

From the back
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3659 hits | 58.79 KB | Posted: 2/6/05

And yes the tray still fits, although i still have some loose ends to work out, like the fact that n...

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