Recent content by Geo James

I've don't about 3 vehicles in the last 25 years. My first project was this cucv 25 years ago. Did it in tan fabric store vinyl and the florida sun cooked it. I didn't replace the foam as it's molded in place with the seat frame. They set the frame in a mold and expand foam around it. Unlike...

Hey deank, I didn't realize you had your own project going. Looking good! 👍 I envy your cargo area/shell. Want to do some camping in my 1009, sure would be easier your rig. 😃

Well got a lot done today. Pretty much complete except for a few things to rap up. Missed seating the drivers side corner dash cap clip so the corner at the bezel is sitting a 1/2in high. Can't seat the dash bezel till I correct that. Need to switch over to the new temp gauge and hook up the...

Managed to get a little painting done. I'm sure the HOA loves me. 🤦‍♂️ Can't wait till I start firing it off at 5am every morning. Oh well a man's got to get to work. 🤷‍♂️

Started putting it back together today. Atleast I can drive it again now. So far so good. Hoping to get the rest of the seats in tomorrow and passenger door panel. Fingers crossed, time is a prized commodity right now. Before and after.

Learned more this week about plastics than I ever wished to know. I always thought plastics can be bonded pretty easily, never had a bond fail. Little did I know the difference in plastics bonding is dependent on the materials surface energy. The Dash pad i ordered is TPE (thermoplastic...

Got the gauge plates cutout and the dash mocked up. Don't know if it's the phone or me. 🤦‍♂️ Photography is not my forte.

Working on getting my mechanical gauges mounted right now. Something to do while I wait out the cold. I cut out a piece of scrap stainless sheet metal to cover the radio area recess and covered that with a piece of scrap ABS leftover from the rear seat bottom. Texture matches the dash bezel...

When I pulled the dash out I notice some water puddled on the new floor paint on both driver and passenger floors. Looks like the vent window seals are leaking. Back to LMC to get parts for vent window rebuilds. It's a 2 piece seal and reusing the glass and main frame and just buying the glass...

Forgot the before and after pics. This was the only before door panels shots I could find. Front seatbelts.

Which skins are you referring to? Seat or visors? I made them both from vinyl I bought from Brytech industries in Jacksonville, FL. Brytech sells it on Amazon also, if it's in stock.

Which skins are you referring to? Seat or visors? I made them both from vinyl I bought from Brytech industries in Jacksonville, FL. Brytech sells it on Amazon also, if it's in stock.

Got the door panels finished today! Installed the new weatherstrip. Still have to build my armrests, not sure how I want to do them yet. Put color on the new front seatbelts from LMC. Did the final fitment of the dash cover. I'll start attaching it this evening. More to come.

Instrument cluster completed today. The printed circuit from LMC was an exact fit. Even found the broken tip of the speedometer needle and was able to reattach. Started the dashpad today. Cheap Amazon pad seemed to pre-fit pretty nice. Couple spots I'll have to work but I think it's going to...

Seatbelt UPDATE! Rear seatbelts were pretty easy to service. The reel axle is held in by a staked on nut. Pretty easy to remove stake and restake when completed. Front seatbelts are a completely different animal. Axle shaft is staked to the reel during assembly, I did not feel comfortable...