Interior and Sound from scratch
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Interior and Sound from scratch
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I bought a short wheelbase fiberglass beach buggy some years ago,
and got a lill tired with the interior and sound installed by the previous owner.
This is how it looked like before :
A grey painted ordinary wood panel with some gauges and an old radio.
and a few beige carpets travelling around on the floor :
Notice the hard to read speedometer at the left side of the steering wheel,
the gold painted tunnel and foot end, and the ugly nuts that hold the body to the chassis :
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I bought a short wheelbase fiberglass beach buggy some years ago,
and got a lill tired with the interior and sound installed by the previous owner.
This is how it looked like before :
A grey painted ordinary wood panel with some gauges and an old radio.
and a few beige carpets travelling around on the floor :
Notice the hard to read speedometer at the left side of the steering wheel,
the gold painted tunnel and foot end, and the ugly nuts that hold the body to the chassis :
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So I decided to make a lockable trunk for the back seat area.
With a little help from my dad, I created this thingy from multiplex wood panels :
It might look easy, but it sure wasn't
There's not even 1 straight side in the back of the buggy,
and I didn't want to bolt it on the body, so, it needed to be a perfect fit.
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So I decided to make a lockable trunk for the back seat area.
With a little help from my dad, I created this thingy from multiplex wood panels :
It might look easy, but it sure wasn't
There's not even 1 straight side in the back of the buggy,
and I didn't want to bolt it on the body, so, it needed to be a perfect fit.
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Covered with some foam and strong black immitation leather,
thanks to its conic shape, the result fits like a glove,
no screws, bolts or nuts needed
Instead of a rock hard unused rear seat, I now have a very practical lockable trunk in the back.
No more cold wind playing in that area, and a good excuse to keep the neighborhood kids out of the buggy
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Covered with some foam and strong black immitation leather,
thanks to its conic shape, the result fits like a glove,
no screws, bolts or nuts needed
Instead of a rock hard unused rear seat, I now have a very practical lockable trunk in the back.
No more cold wind playing in that area, and a good excuse to keep the neighborhood kids out of the buggy
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Time to get creative ...
Making a design with MDF board :
The 1st attempt
I wanted to give my dashboard some "depth",
that's why I came with the idea to install a mushroom style center console for the gauges.
But it turned oyt the mushroom was too wide, and would steal too much of my leg space. (i'm 6ft 2" tall)
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Time to get creative ...
Making a design with MDF board :
The 1st attempt
I wanted to give my dashboard some "depth",
that's why I came with the idea to install a mushroom style center console for the gauges.
But it turned oyt the mushroom was too wide, and would steal too much of my leg space. (i'm 6ft 2" tall)
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The 2nd attempt
With the speedo and the rpm meters vertically instead of horizontally alligned,
I could make the mushroom smaller and keep more leg space.
The row with gauges right in front of me really looked nice,
till i put the steering wheel back in,
and realized i wouldn't be able to read half of the gauges.
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The 2nd attempt
With the speedo and the rpm meters vertically instead of horizontally alligned,
I could make the mushroom smaller and keep more leg space.
The row with gauges right in front of me really looked nice,
till i put the steering wheel back in,
and realized i wouldn't be able to read half of the gauges.
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