So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

laplander · 06-24-2012, 08:58 PM

I've been trying to figure out how to decorate one wall in my home office, it's probably 8x10, and I keep coming back to the idea of covering it with glovebox doors with the SPID panels showing. Is this a good idea, or will it look totally stupid when done? I've got a half dozen, so it might take a while to get all that I need, but thought it might be something no one has done before. Thoughts or suggestions?

**70cst** · 06-24-2012, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by laplander

I've been trying to figure out how to decorate one wall in my home office, it's probably 8x10, and I keep coming back to the idea of covering it with glovebox doors with the SPID panels showing. Is this a good idea, or will it look totally stupid when done? I've got a half dozen, so it might take a while to get all that I need, but thought it might be something no one has done before. Thoughts or suggestions?

Simply put...if you like it--do it. I think we have a board member who has his garage decorated with tail gates

1955 mancave · 06-24-2012, 09:16 PM

i think that would be very cool, idea i would love to see how it looks when you get some hung up

laplander · 06-24-2012, 09:21 PM

I thought just looking at all the SPIDs and wondering who ordered them that way, and if the truck was even still around anymore, would make for good BSing with friends while drinking beer. I'm going to start hitting the salvage yards pretty dard to see what I can come up with, cause it's probably going to take 100 or so to cover the wall.

**jocko** · 06-24-2012, 09:46 PM

I think it would be very cool. And I think you must not be married! And that's quite alright - go for it!

Gokart Mozart · 06-24-2012, 10:42 PM

inspiration:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/w...drew-fare.html

http://jalopnik.com/175029/more-mode...hanging-action
http://www.uberreview.com/2006/11/mo...r-wall-art.htm

http://carpartwallart.com/
This is cool: http://carpartwallart.com/images/for...ay_02_vufv.jpg Could you see a 67-70 Chevy or 67-72 GMC grille?

**LockDoc** · 06-24-2012, 11:15 PM

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I think there is a member on here that did that but he has them so you can actually open them and look at the SPID.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=427969

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=394424

LockDoc

69 gmc · 06-25-2012, 12:37 AM

That looks pretty sweet on that link with the openable ones

kcsa75 · 06-25-2012, 03:06 PM

I have two that you can have if you pay for the ride.

Agent915 · 06-25-2012, 03:42 PM

would you be off or from?

original-71 · 06-25-2012, 04:41 PM

think it would cool

**John Fabris** · 06-25-2012, 06:29 PM

I think Joe's Junk has a tailgate collection on his wall, camper take off tailgates if I recall, very impressive.

Hoffa · 06-25-2012, 09:01 PM

Sounds cool. I would try to at least make the ones 4' off the floor so they can open - you need something to set your cold beer on right? GM put indents on either side of the SPID - might as well use them.

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**Daddy Brim** · 06-25-2012, 09:39 PM

Cool idea might get a little spendy collecting 100 glove box doors. I plan on making a cabinet using some unique ones I have collected.

GuyO · 06-25-2012, 10:42 PM

Laplander - I am a traveler too! I think it is a great idea, not warped at all but better for the garage near the kegerator. I really like Sharpie1972's wall, but I would mount them on a frame so that I could take them with me easily if I had too. G.

kcsa75 · 06-26-2012, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by kcsa75

I have two that you can have if you pay for the ride.

Got your PM, but wanted you to see what you were getting before sending money. I sold the gold one so I was talking about the green and the blue.

**jocko** · 06-26-2012, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by GuyO

Laplander - I am a traveler too! I think it is a great idea, not warped at all but better for the garage near the kegerator. I really like Sharpie1972's wall, but I would mount them on a frame so that I could take them with me easily if I had too. G.

that's where my (small) collection of glovebox doors resides - the garage.
I have no room inside the house because of my hubcap wall

Agent915 · 06-26-2012, 09:06 PM

No reply to the "Off or from"? Well, anyway.......3rd* from Alabama.

laplander · 06-27-2012, 06:42 AM

Agent915, When my wife and I were dating I laiddown the law than that my udget was divided into three things, food, shelter, and car and Harley parts, but not exactly in that order. The first time she come home to a house lit by andles cause I had to replave the clutch in my 70 Road Runner, she was not amused. She's put up with a Harley in the living room, and a flathead as a coffee table, so a couple of tailgates and a bunch of glove box doors isn't going to phase her.LOL

Agent915 · 06-27-2012, 08:49 AM

I understand all too well. My wife brought some friends from work over one evening to show off some work we'd done on the kitchen. They walked in to see a set off wheels in the floor and on the table. I said hey, they needed polishing!! Life is all about prioities. Oh, the off or from thing about "Lodge". I was raised in 1995. You?

06-24-2012, 08:58 PM	#1
laplander Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NM Posts: 705	So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? I've been trying to figure out how to decorate one wall in my home office, it's probably 8x10, and I keep coming back to the idea of covering it with glovebox doors with the SPID panels showing. Is this a good idea, or will it look totally stupid when done? I've got a half dozen, so it might take a while to get all that I need, but thought it might be something no one has done before. Thoughts or suggestions?

06-24-2012, 09:16 PM	#3
1955 mancave Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Scottsdale Az. Posts: 325	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? i think that would be very cool, idea i would love to see how it looks when you get some hung up

06-24-2012, 09:21 PM	#4
laplander Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NM Posts: 705	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? I thought just looking at all the SPIDs and wondering who ordered them that way, and if the truck was even still around anymore, would make for good BSing with friends while drinking beer. I'm going to start hitting the salvage yards pretty dard to see what I can come up with, cause it's probably going to take 100 or so to cover the wall.

06-24-2012, 09:46 PM	#5
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,937	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? I think it would be very cool. And I think you must not be married! And that's quite alright - go for it!

06-24-2012, 10:42 PM	#6
Gokart Mozart Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Detroit Posts: 432	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? inspiration: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/w...drew-fare.html http://jalopnik.com/175029/more-mode...hanging-action http://www.uberreview.com/2006/11/mo...r-wall-art.htm http://carpartwallart.com/ This is cool: http://carpartwallart.com/images/for...ay_02_vufv.jpg Could you see a 67-70 Chevy or 67-72 GMC grille?

06-24-2012, 11:15 PM	#7
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,333	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? - I think there is a member on here that did that but he has them so you can actually open them and look at the SPID. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=427969 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=394424 LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - Last edited by LockDoc; 06-24-2012 at 11:21 PM.

06-25-2012, 12:37 AM	#8
69 gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Henderson NV Posts: 213	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? That looks pretty sweet on that link with the openable ones __________________ Calder

06-25-2012, 03:06 PM	#9
kcsa75 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 3,590	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? I have two that you can have if you pay for the ride. __________________ Willie Swamp Angel Truckers '72 C10 Highlander *People who blindly follow a GPS end up on television programs on The Weather Channel. Some survive, some don't.*

06-25-2012, 03:42 PM	#10
Agent915 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 228	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? would you be off or from?

06-25-2012, 04:41 PM	#11
original-71 ///Relaxed Atmosphere Join Date: May 2010 Location: Houston,Tx Posts: 1,266	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? think it would cool __________________ 71-Cheyenne Super (E.C.E Static Drop 4.5/7". Intro Rally's 20X8.5 5" B.S 255/35/20 (F) 20X10 5.25 B.S 275/35/20 (R) 87-Silverado Static Drop 5/7" Raceline Explosion 5 22X8.5 (F) 22X10 (R) hector _________________________________ 1971 Chevrolet Cheyenne Super 1987 Chevrolet Silverado 2006 Ford Mustang GT 2012 Toyota 4-Runner 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport Crew Cab

06-25-2012, 06:29 PM	#12
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? I think Joe's Junk has a tailgate collection on his wall, camper take off tailgates if I recall, very impressive. __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB

06-25-2012, 09:01 PM	#13
Hoffa Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Roseburg, Oregon Posts: 105	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? Sounds cool. I would try to at least make the ones 4' off the floor so they can open - you need something to set your cold beer on right? GM put indents on either side of the SPID - might as well use them. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 68 Chev SWB 2WD w/'95 LT1, 6spd, 4:56, 17" whls - family owned since 1973. 70 GMC LWB 4WD w/RAMJET 350, 4spd, 4inch lift, 33" tires, Warn Winch 72 Chev Blazer CST, 350, TH350, 4WD, factory A/C, tilt, radio delete, 77K miles, orig. paint/interior

06-25-2012, 09:39 PM	#14
Daddy Brim Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Clovis Ca. Posts: 632	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? Cool idea might get a little spendy collecting 100 glove box doors. I plan on making a cabinet using some unique ones I have collected. __________________ I'm sorry I called you stupid. I thought you knew already. 67 C-20 Custom Camper 68 Nova 396 it does wheelies 2005 Buick Century the one the wife drives 1989 Toyota Tercel to drive when I can't put gas in the first 2.

06-25-2012, 10:42 PM	#15
GuyO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 343	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? Laplander - I am a traveler too! I think it is a great idea, not warped at all but better for the garage near the kegerator. I really like Sharpie1972's wall, but I would mount them on a frame so that I could take them with me easily if I had too. G.

06-26-2012, 09:06 PM	#18
Agent915 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 228	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? No reply to the "Off or from"? Well, anyway.......3rd* from Alabama.



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06-27-2012, 06:42 AM	#19
laplander Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NM Posts: 705	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? Agent915, When my wife and I were dating I laiddown the law than that my udget was divided into three things, food, shelter, and car and Harley parts, but not exactly in that order. The first time she come home to a house lit by andles cause I had to replave the clutch in my 70 Road Runner, she was not amused. She's put up with a Harley in the living room, and a flathead as a coffee table, so a couple of tailgates and a bunch of glove box doors isn't going to phase her.LOL

06-27-2012, 08:49 AM	#20
Agent915 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 228	Re: So am I warped, or does this sound like a cool idea? I understand all too well. My wife brought some friends from work over one evening to show off some work we'd done on the kitchen. They walked in to see a set off wheels in the floor and on the table. I said hey, they needed polishing!! Life is all about prioities. Oh, the off or from thing about "Lodge". I was raised in 1995. You?

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