I rolled out the red carpet!

[F100builder]

Show us some more pics of your truck

Probably the best thing to do would be to post the photobucket link:

http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii18 ... mview=grid

I've done a TON of work over the last year!!!

[67MercM100]

Two words: Wow! and Suuuweeet!
That is one wild shifter too!
You made the dash insert yourself?? Kewl!!
A couple of wonderings from a guy doing about "everything" to his truck...
Shifter boot: Does that normally go on above the carpet? If so, is it difficult to find the holes beneath the carpet? Or should I "screw the boot" before the carpet?
Did you put any of that insulation in the doors? I've (so far) got "Fat Mat" on my floorboards. But I'm thinking of maybe "slapping" a chunk of it on the inside of the outer door sheet metal. Possibly on the inside of the door panel too.
What has anyone done in this aspect?

More questions as they wander into my mind...

[JMcTurnan]

Did you just weld it on the existing one?

[F100builder]

Two words: Wow! and Suuuweeet!
That is one wild shifter too!
You made the dash insert yourself?? Kewl!!
A couple of wonderings from a guy doing about "everything" to his truck...
Shifter boot: Does that normally go on above the carpet? If so, is it difficult to find the holes beneath the carpet? Or should I "screw the boot" before the carpet?
Did you put any of that insulation in the doors? I've (so far) got "Fat Mat" on my floorboards. But I'm thinking of maybe "slapping" a chunk of it on the inside of the outer door sheet metal. Possibly on the inside of the door panel too.
What has anyone done in this aspect?

More questions as they wander into my mind...

Thank you and yes, I made the dash insert.
As far as I know, I think every shifter boot goes on top of the carpet. I used a pick to find the holes once I had trimmed the carpet around the actual opening in the floor. As I found each hole with the pick, I started a screw and eventually had them all in and tightened down.
I thought I would have enough insulation to do the whole cab but ran out after the floor/firewall and headliner. They have smaller quantities if I decide that I need or want to do the doors too but it is noticeably quieter in the cab even with the windows DOWN. BTW...they have 4 ft. X 25 ft. rolls too but I bought the 2 ft. X 25 ft. as I felt it would be easier to work with.
From what I've heard, it is recommended to place a small sound deadening pad (rubber or asphalt-based) ONLY onto the inside of the outer door skin to deaden sound and to actually insulate the inside door skin (behind the door panel). I think it has something to do with trapping moisture inside your doors. This would be similar to housing insulation having the vapor barrier (tar paper or plastic) facing the sheet rock rather than the exterior plywood.

Did you just weld it on the existing one?

I'm assuming you mean the shifter??? No welding at all. It's a Lokar 32" 'Radical' shifter for a C6. My truck was originally a straight 6 with a floor-shifted 4 speed. A previous owner had swapped in a non power-steering automatic column (longer) along with a power steering gearbox and C6 trans. They had done some low quality craftsmanship to modify it to fit. The column/dash bracket had been broken off and re-welded lower on the housing bringing the steering wheel even closer to my body. The original 4 speed column was in the bed when I bought the truck and I found a pwr. steering inner shaft at the wrecking yard and rebuilt the whole column using new internals from LMC (it now could be considered a power steering 4 speed column). So now, I have a nice shifterless column and a floor-shifted C6 auto. Oh yeah...I also sourced an automatic brake pedal bracket and pedal and got rid of the unused clutch pedal.

[JMcTurnan]

Uh I actually meant the diamond plate on your dash insert. Did you weld it or how did you attach?

[AK F100]

Uh I actually meant the diamond plate on your dash insert. Did you weld it or how did you attach?

From F100builder's post in the Projects Section:
"I sanded and repainted the bezel argent silver and mounted the VDO Cockpit style gauges. Then, I fastened the plate to the bezel with stainless buttonhead screws and locknuts."

Here's a link to the thread:
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... &sk=t&sd=a

[robroy]

Hi F100builder, that red carpet looks VERY sharp. Great choice.

Robroy

[JMcTurnan]

So how did you get the gauges in there if you just fit it in?

[AK F100]

Here's the thread on the gauge insert. The pics are gone, but you'll get the idea.

http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... &sk=t&sd=a

[F100builder]

I located the pics and put them back in.

The bezel was an old one I had that someone had already cut a 2" hole in for a vacuum gauge. I cut nearly the whole center out of the bezel but left tabs to fasten the diamond plate to. The gauges mounted in the plate just like they would any other bezel or flat sheet metal using the VDO install hardware.

Thanks again for the kind words and thanks to AK F100 for diggin' up the link!

[F100builder]

Oh yeah...you can see more in my photobucket if you click the link in my signature.

[OldRedFord]

How reflective is the dash with the sun?