Storage in the Door or Overhead Console?? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

1leglance · 08-11-2013, 04:24 PM

I did some searching my maybe my fu is weak

I am redoing the interior of my 70 burb and thought it would be nice to create some sort of door panel with storage. Maybe a panel with a part that hangs down/flush with the lower part of the door?

Anyone ever build an overhead console for our burbs or trucks? I would like something with map/paper storage over the visors and maybe put a ham or cb radio in the middle...or switches.

I run both ham and cb radios so I would like one up high and the other low so I can tell which is talking when on the trail.

Seems like between all the metal up front/top and the rib about the seat position there is plenty of mounting options.

Special-Ed · 08-11-2013, 04:39 PM

i know my doors in my 2005 z71 suburban have plent of "door storage" easily reproduced in a weekend with some fiberglass....

my 2000 astro van had some kind of overhead storage from the factory... i did not like that. stuff would fall on my if i didnt close the covers right

1leglance · 08-11-2013, 11:03 PM

I will have to see if I can find modern burn in the junkyard to model some door storage after...thanks for the tip.

I had a Ford Sportsmobile 4wd van with deep overhead storage setup and I liked that I could fold a Benchmark Atlas in half and fit it up there.

pritch · 08-12-2013, 09:40 PM

You know, when I was a kid I had a '63 ford pick-up and one of the things I remember about that truck was that it had, in each door, a zippered compartment that you could open and put stuff in. IIRC, each side could hold a 12 pack of beer and a bag of ice. That had to be what they had in mind

1leglance · 08-16-2013, 01:31 PM

Too Funny....

I have been looking at the door and it seems that if I wanted to get creative with some sheet metal I could cut in a hole and either do some sheet metal work or fiberglass in some storage.....
Going to have to think on this one a bit.

lowrollin70gmc · 08-17-2013, 01:35 AM

I've been toying with the idea of a shelf above the windshield for a modern radio and storage above the visors as well. The burbs have enough room for one, now it's the building it part that keeps dragging me down.

08-11-2013, 04:24 PM	#1
1leglance Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: phoenix Posts: 254	Storage in the Door or Overhead Console?? I did some searching my maybe my fu is weak I am redoing the interior of my 70 burb and thought it would be nice to create some sort of door panel with storage. Maybe a panel with a part that hangs down/flush with the lower part of the door? Anyone ever build an overhead console for our burbs or trucks? I would like something with map/paper storage over the visors and maybe put a ham or cb radio in the middle...or switches. I run both ham and cb radios so I would like one up high and the other low so I can tell which is talking when on the trail. Seems like between all the metal up front/top and the rib about the seat position there is plenty of mounting options.

08-11-2013, 04:39 PM	#2
Special-Ed Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Floriduh Posts: 386	Re: Storage in the Door or Overhead Console?? i know my doors in my 2005 z71 suburban have plent of "door storage" easily reproduced in a weekend with some fiberglass.... my 2000 astro van had some kind of overhead storage from the factory... i did not like that. stuff would fall on my if i didnt close the covers right __________________ Ed will be known as the Tiger Woods of the integration business

08-11-2013, 11:03 PM	#3
1leglance Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: phoenix Posts: 254	Re: Storage in the Door or Overhead Console?? I will have to see if I can find modern burn in the junkyard to model some door storage after...thanks for the tip. I had a Ford Sportsmobile 4wd van with deep overhead storage setup and I liked that I could fold a Benchmark Atlas in half and fit it up there.

08-12-2013, 09:40 PM	#4
pritch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hoytsville, Utah Posts: 3,365	Re: Storage in the Door or Overhead Console?? You know, when I was a kid I had a '63 ford pick-up and one of the things I remember about that truck was that it had, in each door, a zippered compartment that you could open and put stuff in. IIRC, each side could hold a 12 pack of beer and a bag of ice. That had to be what they had in mind __________________ '68 Panel Project Boogie Chillin' '68 C-10 Ol' Green Last edited by pritch; 08-12-2013 at 09:51 PM.

08-16-2013, 01:31 PM	#5
1leglance Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: phoenix Posts: 254	Re: Storage in the Door or Overhead Console?? Too Funny.... I have been looking at the door and it seems that if I wanted to get creative with some sheet metal I could cut in a hole and either do some sheet metal work or fiberglass in some storage..... Going to have to think on this one a bit.

08-17-2013, 01:35 AM	#6
lowrollin70gmc Too many projects Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND land of the flat hills Posts: 1,147	Re: Storage in the Door or Overhead Console?? I've been toying with the idea of a shelf above the windshield for a modern radio and storage above the visors as well. The burbs have enough room for one, now it's the building it part that keeps dragging me down. __________________ Andrew 84 GMC C1500 SWB 6.2 Diesel/700R4/3.42 "Grandpa's odd duck" 70 GMC C1500 LWB My first truck: shaved, bagged, and more: the lowrollin70gmc 68 K20 Suburban 12V Cummins/NV5600/NP205/D60/11.5AAM 3.73s "Dakota Cadillac" 63 Chevy II Nova Coupe 250 I6/T56/4.56s "Economy car" 53 Willys Wagon 350/NV4500/BW4401/HP D44/9inch “Winter Wagon” 30 Model A 16 Focus ST



Register or Log In To remove these advertisements.

Register or Log In To remove these advertisements.