84 Crewcab...AKA..Patches

I then got the rear plastic trim installed around the back window.



Then I could install the rear carpet that mounted on the back wall of the cab. But I first added a bit if the mighty mat. Used some thin, super adhesive two sided carpet tape to hold the mighty mat to the back side of the carpet.





And installed.

 
Then came the insulation and carpet.

I used some rubber mat on the very bottom. Then the mighty mat on top.





Then came the carpet.



 
I wanted to install my new brake controller...it's a prodigy controller BTW...;) And didn't want to drill holes in the dash...so I was looking for a way to mount it in the least intrusive way. I finally decided to use my ash tray cover as the mounting point.

Here's what I did....





Then mark and drill the holes...



Couple long screws, and washers and nuts and it was done....



 
The donor doors were missing the covers that go over the speakers. Luckily I had a set I grab out of the junk yard a number of years ago.

So i needed new gaskets to seat against the door, and the speakers. Again I went back to my neoprene foam gasket material. Cut a bunch of long thin strips and attached them. The neoprene material i got has one side with adhesive on it it, so you can peel and stick where needed.





 
I decided I didn't want my boost, and EGT gauges on the dash. So I painted up a spare LH pillar post cover grey. Then went about installing an Autometer 2 pod cover.

I didn't like the way the instructions said to install it. So I decided to make my own version. I ended up cutting some small pieces of sheet metal. Then I bent them to the contours of the back side of the trim. Drilled holes and mounted the sheet metal, along with a generous amount of Marine Goop. Let that dry for a couple days and voila!! A removable 2 pod trim!







So now I can install the pillar cover. Instal the gauges and wiring, then screw them in place. Only issue now though is that the screws by the windshield, and lower corner of the dash are a bit tight to get to, and tighten up. But the use of a short 90* phillips head wrench worked fine.
 
Now it was time for the shifter. I had picked up this shifter nearly 20 years ago. It was done as a barter trade for a 6 way manual adjustable seat track I had for a 69/70 B-body. The guy I traded with made these shifters out of stainless steel, and with custom hand made wood grips.

So here it is.....



It's a 70 B-body (roadrunner, charger, coronet) pistol grip style shifter.

To get things to work, I had to drill an additional hole in the shifter, and then the corresponding hole in the old shift tower stub.





I had been looking for a vehicle to use this in for many years, and since after the redo on the truck I figured this would be the perfect place to use it.
 
I cleaned up the doors...front and rear. Installed all new seals and window sweeps. Only issue I had with this was with the supplier of the window sweeps.

They supplier was Fairfield I believe. Well they decided to cheap out and replaced the clips that slide into the door to hold them in place with plain metal clips...not the spring steel that they should be. Well you can guess what happened. The darn sweeps would not stay in place., since the clips would bend, and stay bent, when you installed them.

So I fought that for a coupe days. Had to carefully remove the clips from the old sweeps and install them on the new ones. Huge hassle!![verymad]

So if you are considering getting sweeps....stay away form the ones manufactured by Fairfield.. The ones I got from JCW years ago were fine. Those actually came out of Mexico.
 
So that's about it. Truck is basically done!!

Installed a good set of saddle blanket grey seat covers, front and rear and called the interior finished.





Rear door panels got cleaned, and repainted.

 
And here it is ready to go....My daughters have dubbed the crewcab "Patches"....[laugh] They don't want me to paint it....they love it the way it is.:cool:





I started driving it the first week of May. Have put on about 1300km's so far. I will go into the few issues I have had to deal with later.
 
Thanks for the compliments guys....appreciate it!!

I know it still needs lots of little things, and there are/will be bugs to work out. But at least I can drive and enjoy it while I get to those things.
 
I knew I forgot a couple things.....[laugh]

There was the seat belts. I had the complete set from the clubcab donor truck...in grey. And I lucked out and got a complete grey set from the wrecker from a regular cab truck.

So I cleaned everything up really well. Lots of simple green and a scrub brush to clean all the webbing. If you haven't scrubbed your belts...I highly recommend it. They are nasty things!!



I also didn't like the broken, and sharp plastic sleeves over the belts. So i cut them off as well.

Cleaned up and set out to hang dry.



Wonder what the neighbors thought of my redneck wind chimes.....LOL...:D
 
Only thing I had to modify was for the rear seat lap belts. The auto winder ones.

Here is a pic of the original crewcab unit in red, and the rear clubcab unit in grey.



What I wanted was to use the clubcab unit, but the buckle would not work. Seems Ma. Mopar decided to use a different buckle and latch set up for the rear seat belts in the clubcab.

So I decided I would remove the sticking on the grey belts...to get the buckle off cleanly.







Took a while to work out the old stitching...but eventually got it all out.
 
Then it was cut the buckle off the red belt, and have the upholstery shop sew them back up.



Here you can see the difference in the two buckles....



Ready to get sewn up....



The shop did it for free, since I had already done all the hard work. Took like 2 minutes on their machine. ;)
 
Man another thing I forgot....:doh: The PS IC tube install.

I had wanted to try and re-use the OEM intercooler tubes. The only issue I had with the OEM tubes was that corrosion had got under the powder coating. (This is why I don't like powder coating)



Wire wheeled them clean....



And then painted them gloss black....

 
I had taken measurements when the OEM intercooler was in place, then after I installed the Power stroke intercooler. And had figured I needed a few parts from Silicone intakes.



And this is what it looked like when I trial fitted things.





A little closer then I had planned on. Turned out the OEM boot was about 5" , and I needed a 3" boot.
 
So I looked at some aftermarket "Humped" boots...but they were pretty weak in the humped area. [laugh]

So I decided to use the OEM boots. Just required a little trimming.



Careful measurements, and even more careful cutting with an exacto knife, netted me a boot that would work perfectly.

All button up....





I really like the Silicone intakes website. They have every measurement you could possibly need on their items. Makes it very easy to get the right part the first time.
 
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