1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

I like that curve design for your switches man, that'll be cool

Man, your not kidding about the corners being hard on vinyl. I mean Im sweating stretching this thing. It had bumps that I need stretched out. Even with the heat gun. SO I had to redo it again.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Dude I just saw you totally rebuild a blown out engine. There is no way this vinyl can take you. You are the man, make sure it knows that!

 

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Dude I just saw you totally rebuild a blown out engine. There is no way this vinyl can take you. You are the man, make sure it knows that!

Your right!!

Im gonna beat the $^%t out of it!

 

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Ok after beating the crap out of this thing it finally came gave in. This is how it went.
I set my wooden dash to cut the excess of the vinyl. Now this vinyl comes with 1/4 foam already glued to it. I think it will give it a little plush but It was harder to handle.

Folded then over the dash & then cut.

Once I had the right amount I started to staple the vinyl to the bottom part.

Applied glue to the surfaces.

Folded the vinyl over the other half. Heres the part were u have to be stretching. The vinyl forms better with heat. Mine had little little line lifts from were it was packaged. SO stretching was the key. I mean all 4 ways.

 

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

SO after stretching and stapling.... well you look for yourself.

Frankenstein right.

But i think the other side tells a diffrent story.

Looks good eh. Now i will cut the holes for the gauges & the other stuff. In the end I noticed u have to have your skill for those corners. I mean I was folding , gluing and then stapling! All while holding the corner tight with a stretch, hell I almost stapled my self. So I took a break and thought things over and it worked out. Plan how u going to handle it I guess.

 

[proshadetree]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Hey man a new project. Wait i remember some of this. Post some more man i wana see a covered dash

 

[captainQ]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Nice work Alzo..... Who's your camera man... they got you covered. Glad to see you don't give in to less than perfect.


Congrats Man !

 

[jasoutside]

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Love that Bruce Lee shot...

Vinyl looks excellent!

Hiyaaaaaaaaaa!

 

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Hey man a new project. Wait i remember some of this. Post some more man i wana see a covered dash

hehe, Im almost there man. But i bet you the dash will be done today. Its gonna look sweet. Straight from the bossom of sweetness herself.

Nice work Alzo..... Who's your camera man... they got you covered. Glad to see you don't give in to less than perfect.


Congrats Man !

I have a tripod captain Q and then I take snapshots on pc from the video. Would u believe I have 180 gig of the video of this resto?

Love that Bruce Lee shot...

Vinyl looks excellent!

Hiyaaaaaaaaaa!

Thanks Justoutside Yeah, i like his philosophy more than anything else. Be water my friend.

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Very nice work, I've been thinking about how to cover my dash and that looks great

If you have the entire engine rebuild recorded...that would make a very educational archive right there.

The best style to have is no style at all. Keep up the nice work Azlo, can't wait to see all the sweet gauges installed

 

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Very nice work, I've been thinking about how to cover my dash and that looks great

If you have the entire engine rebuild recorded...that would make a very educational archive right there.

The best style to have is no style at all. Keep up the nice work Azlo, can't wait to see all the sweet gauges installed

TRy this one , kind of a time lapse thing.

 

[proshadetree]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Alzo YouTube those vids man

 

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Alzo YouTube those vids man

Aight, Ill edit and post Proshada.

 

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Aright, I didnt post pics last night because I wanted to install the switches. I believe in first impressions but as always I had problems. But this is how far I got. I still need to install 4 more switches but could not installed them because the threaded area was not long enough. the one u see have been forced. So now I have to look for longer switches.

 

[KellyC]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Man that looks SWWWEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTT Azlo. What kind of switches are those is I may ask? Blue L.E.D. in the ends of em? I like the looks of them really well. Like that dash man, it turned out way nice.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Oh man, boat being built right here. Very slick Azlo!

 

[proshadetree]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

OMG That looks so slick. Dude I dont know what you do for a living but custom work should be in your future.

 

[Azlo]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

Man that looks SWWWEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTT Azlo. What kind of switches are those is I may ask? Blue L.E.D. in the ends of em? I like the looks of them really well. Like that dash man, it turned out way nice.

Kelly switches look good right. They are ecually switch extensions. Here I have a link.
http://www.empirechromeshop.com/c-65-toggle-switch-extensions.aspx
They dont light up they just sparkle nice.

Oh man, boat being built right here. Very slick Azlo!

Thanks man. Im gonna be cruising in style when I fishing. Hopefully the fish will be stunned enough for me to catch.

OMG That looks so slick. Dude I dont know what you do for a living but custom work should be in your future.

Thanks bro. You know im starting to believe in my self.

 

[captainQ]

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Very cool looking setup. I really like the the "big boat" trans shifter/gas peddle......Sweet !

 

[KellyC]

Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics

To bad they don't light up but man they still look just freaking awesome dude. You are just doing one heck of a job on that rebuild bud.