Need Ideas "Boring Glove Box Door"
My glove box door needs something. It looks like a big blank canvas that could use something to make it look more complete. What did you guys do that gave your door a little personality?
I was thinking about adding one of these to the top right corner. 1967-68 Glove Box Door Emblem. http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps5e74e1dd.jpg |
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Lower right hand corner. Or top, either looks good to me.
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That emblem, paint, and a light coating of cheap spray can bedliner makes a cool match to the dash:
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IIRC your truck is a Cheyenne/10 and the door is ochre, nothing but a latch and paint.
Any badge would be more correct in the lower right quadrant and the 67-68 custom style looks very much like it belongs. To that end I would use the factory placement from the assembly manual or measured from a 67-68 door. Or maybe a custom insert using a reproduction Cheyenne Super door chrome trim but with a textured black insert (like a 67) with the 67-68 emblem overlayed. This would balance the cluster visually. Then you could dress it up a little more with a key lock if you don't have one. Reproduction period SoCal drag strip decals do anything for you? Maybe a custom caricature on the door appeals to you. Of course the man to do one up would be Dave Deal aka Big Deal. http://www.bigdealart.com/ Or if you were a big "Car toons" fan then have George Trosley do something for you. http://www.georgetrosley.com/page8120.html |
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I plastered mine with old hot rod style stickers. Made the truck faster.
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you could always mount a recessed ipod iscreen or gps video thingamagig in it
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Mine was painted blue like the rest of the truck, so I sent it to Nub Grafix, (along with the ash tray), for some paint..
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Chrome. I recall a song from the seventies about beavershots...
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Ok, I thought I'd try this. I know it's probably sacrilegious to the purist but I just wanted something a bit more unobtrusive or delicate so to speak. It's an early Corvette radio block off plate emblem. I didn't drill any holes so I can easily remove it if I want to. Whadaya think? Too Sissy??
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Looks fine but I'd still go down toward the lower right to balance things visually.
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Cut a hole recessed and put the GPS in it.
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I like it, but I would put it lower. |
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Anyway, It looks like the popular consensus is to move it lower, so I'll give it a try. Not going to take a picture because I'm sure someone will say something like "Another inch to the right". |
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Cut/torch a hole in it and put a 6x9 speaker there?
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An inch with us it optimistic, more like 3mm left and 2mm down! |
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I like it up high, actually. It "looks wrong" to me, but I think the only reason it does is because I'm so used to seeing an emblem in the lower spot. I think there's some kind of art term for that phenomenon.
Anyway: one vote for keeping it where it is. |
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Here's what I did. It balances out the Dash. It's a Chrome door that a friend of mine covered in Vinyl.
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I replaced the whole thing
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