Hot Rods IS THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR UPHOLSTERED?

Since my cars don't have a trunk I never paid much attention but recently I noticed several cars at a cruise-in that had nice interiors but the trunk lacked any detail at all. HRP

 

Last night at a Halloween party we were wondering if you would ever run out of topics for HAMB posts.. Looking forward to the photos.

Bob

 

A properly trimmed trunk is about as traditional as you can get. Here's a Watson example...

 

Trunk of my '40 is upholstered just like the interior. But the only upholstery in BGII, my Hiboy A/V8 is on the seats themselves.

 

My trunk is upholstered in tools & parts !

 

Bob,must be running low,I've gone from the front of the car to the rear! HRP

 

Does ABS count ?

 

I was going to ask about spatter paint and a rubber mat. Lol

 

Yes. '31 coupe. Black carpet and black ribbed rubber.

 

Wife's '62 Falcon just has the factory mat.

 

Better than what I saw,one '55 Chevy had a mile deep black paint job with a dark red leather interior but the trunk had some of the original green paint along with over spray primer & black paint and a original green wheel with no tire. HRP

 

No upholstery, but quite a bit of bodywork just to get it to look like a sort of normal old trunk. But 8" longer than stock.

 

Yup. Beach bum Jim upholstery. Snowman

 

Of course! You wouldn't want to stash your folding chairs in an inhospitable place would you?

 

Jim,To be honest,I wouldn't expect to see a nicely detailed trunk in your Chevy II.

It looks good but I know it's a lot more go than show! HRP

 

How's this. In this.

 

The owner who had my Lincoln before me went the whole 9 yards, seats, door panels, and yes, the trunk. I'm sure it looked great when it was done, but sitting outside for who knows how many years with no trunk gasket, a vermin infestation, and just general neglect left the inside dirty, but I managed to get the vinyl clean and saved it, but the trunk was a total mess. They had built side boards, a back wall, and a shelf that hid the spare tire mimicking the original factory pieces, sides and back were covered with seat matching vinyl, floor in black carpet. All of it had to go, the rain water rotted the plywood away for the most part because of no trunk gasket letting it in, also the carpet rotted, and it was full of rats nests. I managed to save some of the vinyl pieces, don't know if they'll clean up or not, but I can always use them for patterns. Right now, it looks about like Jim's trunk, only mine is covered in black POR15. After I get it back on the road and repainted, then I can address the truck better.

 

Hey what the heck are you doing in my town??


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Big trunks make for better "grocery getters" !

 

I think that trunk has more race tire room. Bob

 

No upholstery I use splatter paint just like it came from the factory.

 

Not fully upholstered but clean and detailed...

 

Raptor UPOL on the daily.

The other car is a truck.

 

Detailing a trunk seems like something you'd do if you were REALLY bored or you've run out of things to do to your car. It usually looks great, but it begs the question, "Why?"

 

I did this one for Kevan Sledge's 40 Mercury a while back.


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Speckle paint.

 

Mine is done,lots of organized storage.

 

Man,that is nice and a a lot of hidden storage. HRP

 

Black carpet, fuel cell, and sealed battery box, thats all it has ever needed.