'66 El Camino

A forever neighbor (since 1976) just came up on a 1966 El Camino for a project vehicle. He is now retired. The stereo wasn't working and I couldn't have that. I offered to take care of the install for free if he were to buy the gear.
We went with a Retrosound head unit with bluetooth and aux inputs, Alpine Type S, and Kicker 3 1/2" speakers.

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awesome spirit of giving from you

Since I can't leave well enough alone, I contacted the son and daughter of the owner and asked if they had got anything for their dad for Christmas yet and said if they buy a sub and amp I'll take care of the rest.
I was able to bust out a quick pattern before returning the vehicle. The plan is to have the fab work done and give it to him unupholstered with the amp and sub mounted on Christmas day.

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you have some awesome jigsaw skills-and patience-to do all of that by hand and have it come out the way it did.

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you have some awesome jigsaw skills-and patience-to do all of that by hand and have it come out the way it did.

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Only rough cutting with the jigsaw, copy routered them all. I posted that pic because people ask me if I have a cnc. No cnc up in here

Great work! Do you wind up wasting a lot of MDF using that method?

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Great work! Do you wind up wasting a lot of MDF using that method?

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Yes you do. I save all my scraps for smaller projects like this one.

Back on it. I put the brakes on this until the new Mobile Solutions Smart Ruler XL came in.



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That’s very nice!!

^^^Thank you

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Sweet JP Fabrication!

^What he said. Sweet, sweet work and a great story.

Does the trim panel on the sub mimic the interior? Looks really cool.

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^What he said. Sweet, sweet work and a great story.

Does the trim panel on the sub mimic the interior? Looks really cool.

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As far as the shape, no. The vehicle will be getting a restore with new interior at some point. I wrapped it with material I already had.

Op, as you already know that is some sweet work that you’ve put into this. :)

This is badass. car looks in fairly good shape, minimal rust, any other plans for it?

Custom restore are the plans, paint and interior
Giving him the sub box with his kids right now

Great work from the heart!