The All About My 1980 Pontiac LeMans Station Wagon Thread...

[motorhead]

When you are on a roll you go with it... Tada! cubbie  hole speaker plates.

They are made out of 5/8" MDF and came out rather well all things considered.  They are getting prep'd for paint and upholstery as I write this; and obviously the interior panels will need some cutting to fit.

I am thinking that, other than some sound deadener on the inside of the quarter panels, I may try my hand at using some polyfill (aka synthetic pillow stuffing) to tighten up the sound.  The passive cross-overs for the component speakers will be mounted on the backside of the cubbie speaker plates.

[motorhead]

If the blocker is just a cap then it is single pole filter with a gentle 6db slope.

Yup, just a big fat capacitor.  So I am going to go with my plan and leave the contingencies on the shelf.

You're just trucking along with this project.  Looks good 

Thanks!  I have to keep it moving, I have set a semi-realistic goal of having it running for the first of May.

[motorhead]

Spent the weekend working on a sick baby, sick wife and incredibly sick self... so there was no progress with the project.

However, today I did order up a pair of Toyo Proxes TQs in their 345/40R17 size for an outstanding price (with free shipping) from TiresDirect.ne t.  TireRack was useless as usual.

The Mustangs below are on a 10.5" (the black one may be an 11") wide rim and the Vette is on 11" wide rims out back.

I'll be trying these on an 11" wide rim, and have already fit a 315 under a stock frame G-body so this should be very possible with the notch and mini-tub.

[YGspider]

It's coming along very well Mike, I need to paint my floors and put new sound deadener in this spring. How much for all the new sound deadener and where do you get it?   

[motorhead]

It's coming along very well Mike, I need to paint my floors and put new sound deadener in this spring. How much for all the new sound deadener and where do you get it? 

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-thermocoustic-material.html

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_7?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gtmat%20onyx&sprefix=gtmat+o%2Caps%2C300&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Agtmat%20onyx

[daveismissing]

Are any of those mats fire retardant?

[motorhead]

Are any of those mats fire retardant?

Based on a quick search - no.  The asphalt-based products would probably be the worst when exposed to a direct flame (shit... the Eastwood stuff gets runny over 90*F - read the reviews).  The butyl rubber product from GTMat is probably a better performing product... but again likely offers no protection.

[motorhead]

Slowly making some progress again after being away on business much of last week. The pictures are pretty self explanatory: nitrous and amps. LOL!
 
 For those with wagons you probably have noticed that the spare tire well is significantly more shallow toward the rear of the car... as such I had to make a 1x2x4.5 pedestal for the forward bottle bracket to ensure the proper angle for the siphon tube in the bottle.
 
 And I have started wrapping some of the interior panels due to them becoming extremely chalky from UV exposure. I will say that if you were less inclined to vinyl wrap your parts, you could simply drag a razor blade 90* to the surface of the panel until you reached fresh/clean plastic. I did this to prep the surface for adhesive (3M Hi-Tac 76), before lightly sanding the surface with 100 grit to provide some tooth to the adhesive.

[daveismissing]

Looking nice, find a good source for the vinyl?

[motorhead]

Looking nice, find a good source for the vinyl?

Fabricland... seriously nice selection.  They are starting to recognize me - mostly because I am the only man who willingly comes into the store (and shops). 
 
 
Oh those boomin' grannies be eyeballing me...

[motorhead]

The new plates came in today...

[daveismissing]

Cute- I may have to adopt you to get some grandkids

[motorhead]

Cute- I may have to adopt you to get some grandkids

Natasha makes them cute, I just make them.

[motorhead]

Tires came in... 345/40R17s.

[motorhead]

Just about done with this arts and crafts nonsense...