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I am rearranging my trunk and putting my battery and air bag tank, compressor etc up on the kick up over the rear axle. I want to build a panel that covers it all up with an access door. I have some ideas, but not sure what materials to use, How about sharing how you built yours? Pictures would be great!

Here is the project in process. Pardon the wire tangle, that will be cleaned up once I get everything working right.

Thanks for your help

Pat

I put mine under the floor of my bed, with access when the tailgate is down.
Ken

Whatcha gonna do with all dat junk, all dat junk inside yo' trunk!

Here's mine in my 57 Olds.

Sorry about that, but the first one was a tad big. So see next post.

Let's try this again. Here is the 57 Old's and also the 34 Plymouth's.

Of course the 34 really has none, but I thought I would show you the arse end anyway.

Originally Posted by mopar34

Let's try this again. Here is the 57 Old's and also the 34 Plymouth's.

Of course the 34 really has none, but I thought I would show you the arse end anyway.

Thanks for the pic, good looking trunk! Do you have any that show how it was constructed?

Pat

Pat wrote:

Thanks for the pic, Do you have any that show how it was constructed?

No, but I can remember much of it if you want to know. I might have some pictures of the build around, I will check for you. Not a lot to tell. The drop down door was not all that difficult. Uses a a pair of hinges and a magnetic clip to hold in place. Frame work is simply several wood strips screwed or glued into place to provide support. The side panels were cut from templates , a little oversize so they would be wedged in tight, and were simply covered with material. One screw at the top holds them in place. The spare tire well is still there but fully carpeted. A plywood cover was made to cover it and then covered in matching carpet. You can see the outline of the cover near the right wheel well. It is used for storage now.

The door, also plywood, covers a storage area behind the rear seat, no fancy air bag system or music system, just parts, lubricants and cleaning supplies. Inside of this compartment is also carpeted and the back of the door is also covered with fabric.

The trunk lid is made fron a thin panel covered in fabric glued to wood strips moutned on the inside of the trunk roof. A couple of screws were added to tighten everything down. The trunk light, a std Olds option, was simply covered and glued. All fabrics were glued to their respective panels.

If I find some build pictures I will email them to you.

Thanks Bob, That's quite helpful and gives me ideas to go on.

Pat

The 55 trunk

Nice job on your trunk Steves32 !!!
I believe you can see some of the trunks I've done in the gallery on my website
http://www.webspawner.com/users/rs2racing/index.html pay special attention to the purple coupes (37 packard and the 34 plymouth) they have lots of stuff hidden behind the rear panel