damianriel Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Starting this has been a few weeks coming, and as some of you may know, I purchased @Gjeep's 1989 Restoration truck. After a 12 hour drive to the bay area it was a warm welcome from Gianni and his family. He really is a stand up guy and put up with me asking questions and looking over his other projects and such for over 2 hours. Now, this isn't my first truck, however my previous project has been sitting quite a while and leaving it on the east coast when I moved to Arizona didn't help. You can find the original build thread here. Long story short, it was getting an LS swap. Now, the plan remains the same for this truck, sort of a resto-mod LS swap project. I've picked up a few small parts since picking up the truck, however I'm trying to figure out the logistics of getting my parts trove from the east coast to AZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 After getting the truck home I started compiling a list of parts I knew I would still need This list was almost topped off by seats. I got a good deal for some maroon bucket seats with brackets off of facebook. The problem being they're maroon and I have a black interior waiting in storage for this truck. I have the Seat upholstery, however I don't have the folding lever trim and end cap in black. Now, if the pieces on the seats were complete and not missing, I would have attempted dying them black. That was not the case however, so I fired up Fusion 360 to make some suitable replacements. I may be open to selling these if there's enough interest but I'm not sure if I'd be able to color match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Hell yeah! Bring out the CAD! Nice job I have a bench seat myself, but I always love to see folks going the extra mile to make their projects a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 I’m going to miss seeing this in G’s garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 What part of AZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 Just now, eaglescout526 said: What part of AZ? I'm in chandler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Not to terribly far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said: Not to terribly far. I get my tattoos in Glendale so no, not too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Lol if youre ever in the neighborhood around 59th and cactus, feel free to stop on by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, Salvagedcircuit said: Hell yeah! Bring out the CAD! Nice job I have a bench seat myself, but I always love to see folks going the extra mile to make their projects a reality! honestly, I didn't even think to check/ask if these parts were available somewhere, just decided to model them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 https://comancheclub.com/topic/54541-bucket-seat-trim-bezels-interest-update-8-20-20/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 7 hours ago, Strokermjcomanche said: https://comancheclub.com/topic/54541-bucket-seat-trim-bezels-interest-update-8-20-20/ Fair enough! Like I said, I kinda just started modeling before I thought to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted Friday at 02:50 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 02:50 PM There hasn't been much progress drivetrain or interior wise, hopefully I'll be finding my way to New England in the coming months to pick up the parts from my last project truck to install on this one. I did however just pick up a wildernest. It's got some issues but I'm confident it can be saved with some attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted yesterday at 02:29 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:29 AM On 8/17/2023 at 10:33 PM, damianriel said: After getting the truck home I started compiling a list of parts I knew I would still need This list was almost topped off by seats. I got a good deal for some maroon bucket seats with brackets off of facebook. The problem being they're maroon and I have a black interior waiting in storage for this truck. I have the Seat upholstery, however I don't have the folding lever trim and end cap in black. Now, if the pieces on the seats were complete and not missing, I would have attempted dying them black. That was not the case however, so I fired up Fusion 360 to make some suitable replacements. I may be open to selling these if there's enough interest but I'm not sure if I'd be able to color match. This is very interesting, I just cadded up some of the lever trim pieces the other day, was planning to mill them out of aluminum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted 21 hours ago Author Share Posted 21 hours ago 20 hours ago, pizzaman09 said: This is very interesting, I just cadded up some of the lever trim pieces the other day, was planning to mill them out of aluminum. The 3d print seems to be holding up fine but the truck has been in a garage the entire time. I might be interested in milled ones in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted 21 hours ago Author Share Posted 21 hours ago Opened the wildernest up for the first time and took it apart to get it off the Tacoma. Found some more rusty spots and will definitely need a new canvas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago 21 hours ago, pizzaman09 said: This is very interesting, I just cadded up some of the lever trim pieces the other day, was planning to mill them out of aluminum. If you did this, you might also want to do the seat back adjuster knob too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago A new tent for it is over $2K, mine cleaned up really nice after a couple oxy-clean soaks. See the WilderNest Trailer link in my signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted 16 hours ago Author Share Posted 16 hours ago 3 hours ago, fiatslug87 said: A new tent for it is over $2K, mine cleaned up really nice after a couple oxy-clean soaks. See the WilderNest Trailer link in my signature. I definitely need a new tent, this one has quite a few holes worn in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianriel Posted 16 hours ago Author Share Posted 16 hours ago I did also print the little handle/knob piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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