For the rat rod build I want to use the stock box interior but make it look really trashed.....as in worn fabric and some foam poking out here and there. Anybody got any ideas on how to do this?
Thanks,
Hermon
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VonCuda
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Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 01:05 PM UTC
Yeah, I know....this is probably the wrong forum but I gotta question.
For the rat rod build I want to use the stock box interior but make it look really trashed.....as in worn fabric and some foam poking out here and there. Anybody got any ideas on how to do this?
Thanks,
Hermon
For the rat rod build I want to use the stock box interior but make it look really trashed.....as in worn fabric and some foam poking out here and there. Anybody got any ideas on how to do this?
Thanks,
Hermon
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 01:16 PM UTC
Karl Logan built a beautiful Chevy Nomad rust bucket with all that.
I used tissue paper for the seat covers and headliner on mine.
I used tissue paper for the seat covers and headliner on mine.
Cuhail
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Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 02:25 PM UTC
Totally the RIGHT forum.
I love the nomad, and KSO, yours looks real!
I was going to say, I would use a very sharp x-acto blade and score the bit you want ripped until there's a good runnel and then, after painting the seat and weathering it, you jam tiny bits of cotton swab-head material into it, a bit of glue, then , after it dries a bit, again, using the x-acto tip, pick bits of the cotton out so it looks like the stuffing.
Just thinking it out.
Cuhail
old-dragon
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Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 03:05 PM UTC
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For the rat rod build I want to use the stock box interior but make it look really trashed.....as in worn fabric and some foam poking out here and there. Anybody got any ideas on how to do this?
Thanks,
Hermon
...and I was going to offer the use of my kids...I know what they do to my car interior!
rv1963
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Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 04:17 PM UTC
Yep that Nomad is a great build.
Hermon i would start by using a Dremel or any motor tool with a steel cutting bit and grind down the plastic from the back side or bottom so it's paper thin than get your knife and punch and twist the blade through the thinned plastic to get ragged holes, from the backside you can glue in some foam rubber if that year car used foam not shore on that a lot of the older cars they used a different kind of padding, cars from the 1960's used foam but some of the older ones didn't.
Hermon i would start by using a Dremel or any motor tool with a steel cutting bit and grind down the plastic from the back side or bottom so it's paper thin than get your knife and punch and twist the blade through the thinned plastic to get ragged holes, from the backside you can glue in some foam rubber if that year car used foam not shore on that a lot of the older cars they used a different kind of padding, cars from the 1960's used foam but some of the older ones didn't.
VonCuda
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Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 09:16 AM UTC
Hey thanks a bunch for those quick replies fella's. Lots of good ideas to try out.
KSO, I agree with Murphy. I can see the years of dust and smell the mildew on your build.
Well, if they can chop wood send'em on down. Got about 3 more truck loads that need splitting. 
Hermon
KSO, I agree with Murphy. I can see the years of dust and smell the mildew on your build.
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...and I was going to offer the use of my kids...I know what they do to my car interior!
Well, if they can chop wood send'em on down. Got about 3 more truck loads that need splitting.
Hermon
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 12:45 PM UTC
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Totally the RIGHT forum.
I love the nomad, and KSO, yours looks real!
Thanks fellas.
And I think old-dragon is my dad because we sure did that to our dad's car.
old-dragon
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Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 03:01 PM UTC
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Well, if they can chop wood send'em on down. Got about 3 more truck loads that need splitting.
...wellllllll, they can't cut wood very well.....but they sure can cut the cheese well enough!
...don't suppose that would help ya any, huh......
old-dragon
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Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 03:08 PM UTC
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And I think old-dragon is my dad because we sure did that to our dad's car.
Now wait a minute, I only knew that I had two kids!.......ya can't pin that one on me!!!!!
Actually, while growing up, we had a '68 bonneville sedan that we wore the interior out of...two weeks every year we drove on our vacations...that comfort weave never had a chance, so my mother reapohlstered them with some kind of thick fabric that wore{and felt} like iron...the 4/40 airconditioning didn't help any!
Cuhail
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Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 03:13 PM UTC
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Quoted TextWell, if they can chop wood send'em on down. Got about 3 more truck loads that need splitting.
...wellllllll, they can't cut wood very well.....but they sure can cut the cheese well enough!
...don't suppose that would help ya any, huh......
Bobb-o, please take this in the spirit in which it's given, but, you haven't described children who would work well with "steel blades on sticks", nor, gas-operated wood-cutting power tools.
Just kidding, they sound lovely!
Cuhail
old-dragon
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Posted: Friday, January 16, 2009 - 03:39 AM UTC
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Quoted TextQuoted TextWell, if they can chop wood send'em on down. Got about 3 more truck loads that need splitting.
...wellllllll, they can't cut wood very well.....but they sure can cut the cheese well enough!
...don't suppose that would help ya any, huh......
Bobb-o, please take this in the spirit in which it's given, but, you haven't described children who would work well with "steel blades on sticks", nor, gas-operated wood-cutting power tools.
Just kidding, they sound lovely!
Cuhail
I know, I was just joking...the laughing keeps me warm!
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