zed1 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 I found this example. Any other designs you found? 4 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 That is a great find! Please paint to match your beautiful 520! Quote Link to comment
zed1 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 I only have the photo...someone with better fabricating skills may want to make this and offer to others!!! I'd be the first one to buy it! Hint, hint. Keith 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 The base would be easy to bend then fabricate the top. I will ask my brother Garret if he would be interasted pn making some of these for sale. I can not use my 520 for a pattern because of the custom tunnel. But I do have a 71 521 cab the I believe has a virgin tunnel. I will let you know what he says. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 I just emailed my brother Garret the picture from your post above. I will be over at his house later today. He ahs a broken foot and I am helping him out by doing yard work for him to keep the city of phoenix of his back. 1 Quote Link to comment
zed1 Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Charlie, As a reminder, the early 520's have the shifter rod hole located closer to the firewall to accommodate the early transmission design. The distance between the heater box and the shifter boot is 9.5". Since the later transmission design moved the shifter boot closer to the seat, the previously referenced distance is greater. Thanks to you and Garret for your assistance on this project. Keith 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 You are welcome. If you can get some dimminsions from your truck it sould help. The 521 shifter is closer to the seat as mentioned Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Holy Sheep Shit....I had one exactly like that in my 510 wagon in the late 1980's. The tension in the metal held it to the transmission hump. 1 Quote Link to comment
demo243 Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Been meaning to fab something up like this for a while for both my 620 and my 510... just havent had the metal around... Stealing a idea from the lonely driver company - who makes nice looking aluminum ones - I had a wheel spacer lying around and threw this together in 5 minutes. Not sure what the seat mounts are like in the 520, but another idea. Sliced some fuel line open to line the inside of the spacer to make the diameter a little smaller. 4 Quote Link to comment
BrothersGarage Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) lonely driver for a 240 Edited April 26, 2020 by BrothersGarage 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 I needed a quick center console and cupholder for my new to me '77 Jeep Cherokee. In the future I plan on building a custom console, but for now I squeezed a cardboard box in between the seats and put a Starbucks 4 cup holder in the box. Works great for now! 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) Someone in another build thread was using this style in a console. They make a couple different sizes, one of which fits 32oz Nalgene bottles perfectly https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00911UWSE/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_9?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 Edited August 26, 2022 by thisismatt 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, thisismatt said: Someone in another build thread was using this style in a console. They make a couple different sizes, one of which fits 32oz Nalgene bottles perfectly https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00911UWSE/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_9?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 I use those in the custom consoles I build. They come in black plastic too. I made this one a couple years ago that uses a 3d printed cup holder. The entire console (front and back) is steel, not wood, like so many custom shops do. Edited August 27, 2022 by Stoffregen Motorsports 3 Quote Link to comment
Dguy210 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 If you don't mind shooting a couple of screws into the metal how about something like this? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
zed1 Posted March 11 Author Report Share Posted March 11 I am going to try to modify this: Keith Quote Link to comment
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