IH 54 R-100 4X4

[Jesse S]

Are you painting that black?

Nope ...

Bought a wood graining kit that was how the dashes was done back in the 20's, 30's and 40's ...



Matching the grain and color that the Caddy's horn button has ..



Even the gear shift knob will be matching ..



Getting a bit fancy with adding a dark ribbon in the center of the knob ..



At least that's the plan ..
Got to have a little color in my life ..

Years back I painted the dash the stock almond color that IH used ..
It was time for something new ..



This will be new ..

 

[OldCracker29]

Nope ...

Bought a wood graining kit that was how the dashes was done back in the 20's, 30's and 40's ...

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Matching the grain and color that the Caddy's horn button has ..

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Even the gear shift knob will be matching ..

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Getting a bit fancy with adding a dark ribbon in the center of the knob ..

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At least that's the plan ..
Got to have a little color in my life ..

Years back I painted the dash the stock almond color that IH used ..
It was time for something new ..

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This will be new ..

That is going to look sweet!

 

[Jesse S]

Do hope that it will ..
Got a lot of effort in it to make happen ..
(Not to mention $$)

"Swamp Rat" talked me into doing the wood graining .. Lol



( Think the part about being a rocket scientist did it for me !! )

 

[Jesse S]

Making progress ...

Roughed in the dash ...



Holes & cracks are filled ..
Working on mounting the A/C pod ..



Soon to add the power unit to the cowl vent ..

 

[Jesse S]

Got the pod nailed to the dash ..





Some fine tuning was needed ..

 

[OldCracker29]

It's coming along.

 

[Jesse S]

Soon will try out printing the woodgrain on ....
Key word is "Try" ..

( Got a backup plan, Almond ... Again !! )



.. This just may be very interesting ..

 

[OldCracker29]

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Soon will try out printing the woodgrain on ....
Key word is "Try" ..

( Got a backup plan, Almond ... Again !! )

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.. This just may be very interesting ..

Looking forward to seeing the wood grain on it. I think it's going to be awesome.

 

[Jesse S]

Lol ... We'll see just how bad of a artist I am ?
(Won't we ?)

I have trouble drawing a straight line .. Eek !

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Crack is looking good ..
Does seems like the union of the two pieces turned out better than I expected ... Yippy-Ki-Yi- Ya

This might turn out looking mighty fine, if I don't screw-up the wood graining ...

 

[Jesse S]

Take a guess what this switch controls .. ??