Hotrod false trunk advise

[wcriot 10+ year member]

Hey guys

I'd like some help and pointers for building an entire false trunk for my 1954 Chevy 210. The car is built as a custom, full air ride suspension, Corvette engine etc.

I started to play around with making a false trunk and want some advice on how to proceed.

As you can see i decided to make the false trunk floor in sections. First image is the driver side.Here i will mount the air compressors which will reduce the noise from those little guys vibrating on the metal trunk floor.



This next image is the passenger side with an idea was exploring for starting to make one of the vertical walls of the false trunk.I used the poster board to follow the curve of the trunk. Making this shape from mdf would be alot more challenging. I was wondering if i could do something from balsa wood or even sheetmetal?

332B1AAB-8667-4170-8070-D59599188EA5_zpsbpqkyytn.jpg Photo by WCRiot | Photobucket

My goal is to hide the equipment in the trunk for a clean look. here are a few examples of similar ideas

The Model A trunks look a lot easier to work with because they are boxy

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[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Spend some time on Simplicity in sounds Facebook page. They do a lot like this.

 

[wcriot 10+ year member]

Here are a few more examples.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Also worthy of consideration, get some hardware cloth to mock up your sides and curves and lay it up with paper mache then top that with fiberglass which can be finished painted/vinyl wrapped/carpeted. Paper mache will keep the form better to lay up glass and resin, is cheap, and easier to clean up if things go sideways during your prototyping process. I have used hardware cloth and fiberglass before to finish off a trunk and was quite satisfied with the results.

Would like to see more/better pictures of the car, sounds really nice.