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    '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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    Re: '66 El Camino

    awesome spirit of giving from you

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    Re: '66 El Camino

    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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    Re: '66 El Camino

    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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    Re: '66 El Camino

    Quote Originally Posted by cadaver View Post
    you have some awesome jigsaw skills-and patience-to do all of that by hand and have it come out the way it did.
    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

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    Re: '66 El Camino

    Great work! Do you wind up wasting a lot of MDF using that method?
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    2002 330Ci & 2020 Tacoma

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    Re: '66 El Camino

    Quote Originally Posted by Notloudenuf View Post
    Great work! Do you wind up wasting a lot of MDF using that method?
    Yes you do. I save all my scraps for smaller projects like this one.

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    Re: '66 El Camino

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



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    Re: '66 El Camino

    That’s very nice!!
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    Re: '66 El Camino

    ^^^Thank you

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