66 dart trunk improvement ideas (or waiting on paint to dry)

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Since I'm waiting on money and parts to arrive I decided that it was ok to continue work on the trunk . I found some nice mixed brown tweed cloth that I'm going to put in/on the trunk panels. Then I decided to (if I ever take it to a car show) let people know it ain't a falcon.
here some work in progress.

here I'm drawing out the letters and getting ready to cut em out
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cut out and sanded to shape.
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placed on the back panel of the tunks to see where everything going to go
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wood looked weird so I vinyl 'd the letters and numbers

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front view of the 6's hmm not to bad, still have to stretch it a little more in the sharp curves. and I'll re smooth/glue the sides with a heat gun to make it flow better on the curves.
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here what it looks like in the car. I still have to wrap the letters and make mounting holes for then but it does look good to me!
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I just finished up vinyl covering letters.
"Hint to self" do not make letters with sharp corners,they are a bear to cover.
ok now with that being said I did exactly that, yup sharp corners.

here's the panels installed and waiting on me to sew up some pull handles to add so I can take the panels off if needed. I used those trim fasteners under the cloth to mount the panels into the trunk, it makes for a clean install.


ya know I'm hoping people can read if I go to a show and pop the trunk . I hate em calling it a cool falcon convertible.
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I forgot to sew on the pull handles and now have to pry the panels off when I get the handles sewn up and ready to go on. it was a DUH! moment. sorry. I was just so excited about getting the letters done that I just had to see what it looked like and then it hit me, "no handles to open the panel" :banghead:
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here's how they looked with foam on ready to cover.
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got vinyl?
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how did I forget to add the buttons UNDER the foam, ohhh well
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