More Gypsy truck stuff. It will end soon, I swear. It has too! I can't go on forever.
Today I installed the roof and the floor. I know that the roof is not professional grade, but it works and it doesn't look half bad installed.
Instead of using wood, Kyle and I used cardboard and duct tape. Ofcourse we tried to use wood, we just couldn't find anything pliable enough to bend the way it needs to bend. And I used all the cardboard from the walls on the doors. We ended up using the cardboard templates for the wood.
After that, I taped up the new ceiling as a catch all for the adhesive. I was not wearing goggles and managed to get a couple of good sprays in my eyeballs. Not fun! My eye was glued shut for a couple of minutes, but like a barn cat, I worked it out.
Troy helped me smooth out the cloth across the ceiling. Slow and steady and it was over.
I found these little pins in our "Big Box of Unlabeled Parts" and sanded and painted them to match the rest of the truck. The look good and I'm sure will help hold the ceiling in place. I would love to have 3 more.
Next was the floor. Steph gave us this beautiful rug that I was so sad to cut up. Gorgeous is not enough to say.
I worked on it while Troy did some of this.
I wanted to cut it down in the most efficient way possible. I think that I succeeded.
I put down this silver padding that will help dampen noise and keep some heat from the road and engine out of the cab. I busted my knuckle up cutting it with scissors. I actually WORKED my fingers to the bone a little.
Next came the carpet. Troy helped me cut and cut and cut. I'm glad he was there because I'm not exactly anal about shit like this.
And there you have it - a finished floor.
Looking at it now, I couldn't imagine anything else going there. It is absolutely amazingly perfect. I really can't thank Steph enough, she made this part of the job easy and exceedingly cheap. It is perfect.
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