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Old 01-28-2026, 04:52 AM
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Inside of the trunk is done, at least until we start drilling holes.

The factory spare tire well isn't quite deep enough to hide a full-size battery in, so Cale made a hinged door so it can be used for extra storage space, and the battery will go in a separate box on the far right side.
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Inside of the trunk is done, at least until we start drilling holes.

The factory spare tire well isn't quite deep enough to hide a full-size battery in, so Cale made a hinged door so it can be used for extra storage space, and the battery will go in a separate box on the far right side.
----That lid is very cool. Your son spent some time on that. He has a great future in the hobby!!!....Bill S
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Now we just sand everything with 400 and spray it green!!!
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Dang, that is a gorgeous trunk !!! So, spackle next.....
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Dang, that is a gorgeous trunk !!! So, spackle next.....
Trunks were painted body color on these, and the floor gets covered with a black rubber mat. I had intended to do spackle until I looked in the trunk of my yellow '55 realized how "wrong" that would be. Even debated doing tinted body-color spray-in bed-liner... in the end, doing it "right" was also the easy way.
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I was just teasing about the spackle.
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Hopefully you can bring it back to MCACN this year all done.
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Hopefully you can bring it back to MCACN this year all done.
That's the plan!

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I was just teasing about the spackle.
went right over my head... didn't even catch the spackle/spatter thing. Too many paint fumes lately, I guess.

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Pretty simple piece to make. 16ga flat steel, bead-rolled the edges and a little shrinking in the corners to get it to sit flat where it curves upward in front. Welded on a couple hinges, and made a finger-pull in the corner that is welded on also.

We'll use a couple magnets to keep it closed and avoid rattling. No latch.

Here's a picture of it just set in place. It will sit a little more level once we add a weatherstrip and the magnets.
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