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I'm looking for some Ideas. To build my own overhead console. Any and all input welcome. Photo's would be great as well. Thinking about using plywood so I can upholster it. With some engine turned aluminum panels, or maybe polished aluminum.
Show me what you fellers done did.
Creep
I did a small overhead, sized just for a radio receiver unit. Mine has a plywood base and a sheetmetal front for the receiver mount, all fiberglassed together and worked smooth for upholstery. There may be some pictures of the process in my build thread - can't recall if I posted any during that piece or not.
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I know a guy who built one for a 32 coupe. He used metal and welded it all together and then painted it wood grain. It turned out sweet! Here's another idea, have you ever looked at a over head console from a suburban? Maybe you could cut it down, trim the base and attach it with brackets on the inner roof. Then cover it how you want.
The thing to do is make all your patterns from sheets of cardboard. Then after cutting and fitting, then transfer them to plywood. I used the plywood that's 1/4" thick and both sides are smooth. You can get the wood from any home builders place like Lowes etc.
I purchased mine and modified it to extend all the way across the top, and then continued the design down the down the back with the rear window intersecting it.
most of mine are hardwoods.
Sears sells one that goes where the sunvisors are and then the visors attach to that. Got one in my truck realy nice.
Nice work shine.
Wish I'd seen your approach before I did mine, Shine. Like the walnut!Quote:
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thank you, i really enjoy working with wood. i added this to edwards 37 this time around. i work with a lot of exotic woods also. some are really hard. one , bubinga wood is almost impossible to cut.
the one in the pink car is bubinga.
Bubinga is a fantastic wood! If you like exotics this place will get you drooling Kansas City Division Only been up there a few times - kind of migrated away from heavy woodworks, but looking at yours may draw me back....
eddy packs 37 ford truck i built . he even had me do the bed in walnut.
Really nice wood working, Shine!! Is that a padded dash in the '37? Would be curious to see more pics of that.Quote:
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Beautiful wood in the pink one but that color wouldn't be my first choice....:whacked::D:3dSMILE: Of course, that's one of the great things about this hobby, to each his or her own.....:)
yes , it is the stock dash top padded.
the pink car was one of my favorites. was the first one i used the 200r4 in. loved that tuna boat. i just told people at 6'6 250 i figured i could drive any color car i wanted to. + is was a fordor !
Well, I certainly can't argue with that!:LOL::LOL:Quote:
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Nice job on the build. Is the cut out on the lower tail pan for exhaust? It's hard to tell in the pic.
Sorry, to highjack your thread, Creep. :o I know we're supposed to be talking about overhead consoles.....;)
yep, those were the days of the meg's . after it was built i hated the licences plate .
Yes, I'm glad I never recessed the license plate into the deck lid of my '37. Sure, it's practical and all but I think I prefer a plain smooth deck lid. Would be nice if we didn't have to have the ugly license plate to deal with at all but such is not the case. And in CA we're supposed to put one on the front, too! Argh!!Quote:
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The '37 truck dash is beautiful but the padded one I was curious about was from the '37 car with the gray interior and the small console in the pic above
got ya. that is a fiberglass dash with convertible top padding on it. we are building a metal original dash to put in it. just redid the whole car this year.
creep, you get anything figured out ??? i build all mine with cardboard first.
Shine, those wood consoles are beautiful! I saw a dash of a 39 or 40 ford that was all wood grained in the GG's gazette this past weekend. How do guys do that? Paint or a decal?
Oh crap. Now I want an overhead console. Why did I look at this thread. :LOL::LOL::LOL:
All like all of those! Especially the leather/vinyl sides with the wood insert!
Shine,
I'm going with the walnut for my bed. Was the stuff you used on the 37 Ford clear or the darker grain and what stain/clear did you use? I like how it turned out....an orange/red hue.
David
it was dark walnut with no stain. the color is picked up from the bed color. i sealed the wood then cleared it. so far it has held up.
there are tools and techniques to wood grain metal.
Thanks Shine!
David
