Part 7:  The Moment of Truth

March 1, 2015

It's been a long Sunday.  We got up, loaded the Suburban and drove back to Lansing, picked up Joy and went to church.  From there we went to the MSUFCU Art Contest Awards ceremony, since one of our exchange students had two pieces in the contest.  Then out to mom's place to drop her off and finally home. 

Then out to the garage to see whether my creation actually fits in the car.  I was pretty apprehensive, because there were a couple of things I just guessed on, such as the height of the deck.  I also was concerned that it might be too deep.

So, here's pictures.  I shot these with my wide angle lens and it does distort a little bit at the edges at 16mm.  Also, I was taking pictures in a car under a tarp in below freezing temperatures.  But I digress.  Pictures.

It fit in there as if it was made to fit.  There's enough friction with it in place that I'm not sure I am even going to need to screw it down.  It is exactly as tall as the crease in the inner panel, you know, where those stupid little cardboard flaps used to go.  That was my target.  The Masonite front panel seems to line up just right.  More pictures:

Another one:

That one was a bit repetitive.  Here's a different angle:

You can see where the little vertical panel will end.  I found some self-adhesive 1/4" foam in a 5" roll six feet long.  I think that will work perfectly under the vinyl to give the close out panel behind the shelf a little cush.  I'm worried that the shelf may stick out a little bit too far, and that the lip at the top of the seat might hit it.  I think the next step will be to reassemble the rear seat and test fit it.  But as you can see in this picture, it fits the space perfectly.

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