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02-16-2009, 08:49 PM
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A "custom" trick I discovered back in my younger days
 . A bottle cap will snap right over the vent window button and stay there without any kind of adhesive. 
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02-16-2009, 08:54 PM
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These are exactly the kind of things i was thinking about.They are do it yourself little touches that make the ride yours.They are the kind of things I notice at shows and they can be the things that make one ride stand out.
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02-16-2009, 09:00 PM
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Lol thats funny. I dont have any pics but when I owned my old 70 I put two mickeys 40 bottle caps in where the radio knobs would go since I didn't have a radio there lol.
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02-16-2009, 09:02 PM
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lol lovin that bottle cap idea,,may i ask how u figured that 1 out...
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02-16-2009, 09:30 PM
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Heres my "custom" part. Piston out of a 5hp Briggs lawnmower, CNC engraved the 4X4 shift pattern on it.
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02-16-2009, 09:34 PM
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I like the shifter. That's Kool!
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02-17-2009, 07:26 AM
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Lots of "research". 
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02-17-2009, 09:10 AM
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here's mine....radion area had been completely cut out....so fab up this diamond plate cover....
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02-17-2009, 09:17 AM
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I needed some shackles, so I built em outta plate, pipe and angle that I had.
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02-17-2009, 09:46 AM
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Very good thread.
Cool idea 67_C-30. do you have any more knobs like that? i'd like to have a pair (one for the lights, and one for the wiper).
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02-17-2009, 10:11 AM
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Made a panel to fit in the stock center console to hold the airride switches and gauge.. Kinda hard to see in pic but you can get the idea.. And my bed floor had some dents and I didn't want to do the bodywork so I took some wood and cut it to fit then covered it in black vinyl.. Then I made pieces for the sides to tie it all in..
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02-17-2009, 10:17 AM
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Great ideas!!!
I really like to see how creative people could be..
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02-17-2009, 07:17 PM
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02-17-2009, 11:18 PM
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I think this is a good thread for folks to gain ideas..good thinking
For those of us that belong to the NON-Radio Cuttin dash UNION LOCAL #71. There are several ideas on the glove box radio mounts. Here was mine.
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02-17-2009, 11:29 PM
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And the other was after shavin doors the idea of not making new interior door panels and maintain the stockish chrome ones. Simply by reinstalling the stock hardware in the door for the release system so it didn't interfer with the electric solenoids. Saved the costs of interior electrical switches and the redesign of the panels.
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02-17-2009, 11:32 PM
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Put me down for a set also lol
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02-18-2009, 09:52 AM
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Headlight & Wiper knobs for me plz. Thanks!
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