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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom - Project Red Rocker - Part 3

Building the Corvette-Themed Interior
By Travis Noack
Photography by Hill's Hot Rods
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Rendering
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Stripped Front Right View
The truck was rolled into... 
   
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Stripped Front Right View
The truck was rolled into the shop area at Vision Audio and stripped of its front sheetmetal, doors, and bed. These items were being metal worked back at Hill's Hot Rods. With the bucket seats still intact, Jimmy got to work building the world's most amazing C10 interior.
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Stripped Interior View
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Stripped Interior View
To provide a framework for building the dash, two 1-inch bars of steel square tubing were welded and bolted where the factory dash metal structure originally mounted.
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Seats View
A level was used to make sure... 
   
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Seats View
A level was used to make sure the framework Jimmy installed was perfectly straight and level.
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Dashboard Frame View
A combination of 1/2- and... 
   
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Dashboard Frame View
A combination of 1/2- and 3/4-inch MDF wood was used to construct the flat top portion of the dash and the classic Corvette-style face with two raised humps. Using his imagination, Jimmy shaped the dash-face wood as closely as possible to a classic Corvette's dash. A custom dash cap will be built to contour to the humps in the dash face and drop down in the center between the humps.
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Dashboard Frame View
Here is a shot of the dash's... 
   
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Dashboard Frame View
Here is a shot of the dash's beginning stages from the passenger side. As you can see, an additional piece of wood was used underneath the flat top portion of the dash for extra strength and rigidity.
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Center Console Frame View
Between the cut-down '91 Suburban... 
   
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Center Console Frame View
Between the cut-down '91 Suburban bucket seats, Jimmy used a healthy amount of MDF wood and crafted the structure for the center console and the subwoofer, which will house a 10-inch Infiniti VQ 10 subwoofer. The console is a waterfall-style, stretching from the bottom of the dash back and curving up between the seats to the back cab wall.
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Cab Frame View
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Cab Frame View
With the bucket seats still in place and the framework for the console built, a pair of side panels were constructed for the outside edge of each seat to begin construction of the Corvette-style rear cab structure. A flat piece of wood was stretched across the seats and console and to pull the side panels tightly against the seats' edge before Jimmy began shaping the rest of the structure with more MDF wood, and fiberglass.
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Steering Wheel View
Focusing attention back on... 
   
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Steering Wheel View
Focusing attention back on the dash, the base was given a bit of shape with custom panels under the steering column and under where the glovebox door's original location. Jimmy built these panels out of wood and fiberglass and created raised edges in the shape of a V to give them more custom character.
1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Cab Frame View
The rear cab structure was... 
   
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1985 Chevrolet C10 Custom Cab Frame View
The rear cab structure was starting to come together. Jimmy had built the framework around the seats and started on the port for the subwoofer. Here the edges around where the seats fit are squared off and will later be rounded to the seats' contour with more woodwork and fiberglass shaping.
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