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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #776125 May 15th 2021 2:23 am
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Although I have not provided anything here on progress, I have done a ton of things to keep going on the old girl....wiring wiring wiring....got all my audio equipment and associated components from Mike (all thanks to this site...and he is GREAT!!!). I have the sub located, spaced the 4" speakers in the aft corner panels, built the 6 x 9 mounts under the bed, and then mounted and wired the crossovers for the front component system. I also got a backup camera and a trailer harness that has both a 7 pin and a 4 flat pin connection. I mounted the harness on the hitch structure, but the back up camera screws were too fragile to handle the steel of the hitch mount. Regardless, all the wiring continues, where I am routing speaker wires, connecting both power and ground wires, and looking at how to route all this mess forward to my head unit. I temporarily connected things to make sure that the amp, sub, rear speakers, and back up camera were at least working. To say this is a project is an UNDERSTATEMENT....in between all this I actually tossed a chair and board in her and headed to the beach. THIS is where she is NOT a fish out of water...but in her element....

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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #776130 May 15th 2021 12:05 pm
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Battery set up is nice. Its comming along nicely'


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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
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I also mocked up a test panel to try my luck at vinyl wrapping before deciding if I am going to try and tackle an actual one. I used "chipboard" in an attempt to cover up the spring clips, as a pro told me that they would show through blatantly if I didn't do something. I learned a lot, and am going to incorporate some things before I move on to the true panel. One thing I still may attempt is laying the thin padding foam down first, as I still like the idea of a "padded" door. That will probably entail pulling all the current stuff off and starting bare again. One thing that definitely needs to happen is filling in around the parallelograms with bondo; trying to get the vinyl to tuck down around corners and into sharp areas was not working. I will also be much more careful and accurate when I cut the chip board so it matches up to the shapes. One thing that also has me concerned is that I MAY have put the upper details too close and the arm rests will hit them. I would not be saying MAY at this point, but I can't FIND the damn things to actually try them, so today I am going to scour all my nooks and bins and see if I can't find them to check. Of course, I can't find replacements for sale anywhere even if I DON'T find the old ones.....

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TEST PANEL FINAL LOOK.JPG (307.62 KB, 94 downloads)
WRAPPED BACK.JPG (281.26 KB, 94 downloads)
HIGHLIGHT DETAILS.JPG (309.48 KB, 94 downloads)
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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #776138 May 15th 2021 12:54 pm
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Looks bitchin' man, everything is coming together so nice.


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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #776154 May 15th 2021 5:59 pm
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Nice work as usual. That JL amp is a nice piece. That was my go to amp back in the day; Before that the Old School Rockford and Old School PPI amps. chevy

Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #776169 May 15th 2021 9:18 pm
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Very nice.


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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
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I went and picked up a bundle of chipboard from our local paper product factory, and set to work on some layouts. I got an upper panel overlay laid out, as well as finalized the bondo work on the highlights. My aluminum speaker grill mesh showed up so I cut out the circles for them and did a quick check fit. I also saw that there was a '78 in a yard about 30 miles away, so I took off with tools in the trunk. I took the doors apart and snagged the window glass, as I think they both looked scratch free. I took off the entire slider hinge assembly and dragged that home as well. The forward casting OBVIOUSLY was a no-go, but for the first time EVER, between both myself and my bay area hunter, I found an assembly that, after cleaning, had BOTH cam levers INTACT. Now I will try to lay out the tons of parts I have and hopefully get a working assembly. I am not overly optimistic yet, but we shall see. I did pull the arm rests from the doors, but they are not the same as mine.....I'm still afraid that my details will interfere with them; maybe it is time to go CUSTOM in some way....

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UPPER PANEL CHIP BOARD FIT.JPG (276.73 KB, 81 downloads)
UPPER PANEL ALL BOARDS FIT.JPG (256.71 KB, 81 downloads)
LOWER PANEL CHIP BOARD FITTING.JPG (263.3 KB, 81 downloads)
NEW SLIDER ASSEMBLY BREAKDOWN.JPG (333.93 KB, 81 downloads)
CAM LEVER PIECES.JPG (264.1 KB, 82 downloads)
Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #776255 May 17th 2021 12:55 am
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Nice choice on the Speaker Grill. chevy

Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #776264 May 17th 2021 10:31 am
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Yeah, the slots in the speaker grill material compliment the lines of the panels really nicely.


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