81 Interior makeover

[Pete Whitstone]

I am mostly complete with the interior makeover of my 81. First some pics of the starting point when I bought the truck.





I found a set of door panels in really good shape locally. I also found a later (92 or so I think?) bench seat with the headrest humps, which I liked better than the flat-top bench that came in the truck. I got it reupholstered at a local shop, nothing fancy, just a good imitation of what might have come stock. I also had them recover the really sad dash pad, which they did for a really good price.

SEM Color Coat Pacific Blue dye/paint on the kick panels, a-pillars, dash and door cards.

Then some carpet, door weatherstripping and window fuzzies from LMC.

I had already redone the instrument cluster, so that was all set to go.

And finally, a classic look radio with modern guts and bluetooth, Polk audio speakers in the doors, a Blaupunkt amp and some 6x9's behind the seat.

Here's where it's at now.













Now to figure out the mysteries of the HVAC system.

[1986F150Six]

Thanks for sharing your progress with us!

[Gary Lewis]

Pete - That REALLY looks great!  You've given it a remarkable transformation.  Well done!

How 'bout showing us the gauges and they look really sharp?

[Pete Whitstone]

Thanks Gary, I'm very happy with it.

I actually already covered the gauges in this earlier post:

New instrumentation for my 81
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[Gary Lewis]

Thanks!  I'd forgotten that.  

[kramttocs]

Very nice!