Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Well, we pulled off the dash, column drop, and gauge change although the gauges are not wired. The replacement dash looked similar to the old dash but the mounting points and dimensions were very different, causing some time consuming surgery. It rained pretty much the whole weekend which led to a substandard quickie outside paint job, but it will get me to Daytona and back. I'll put a nicer job on it later. I wanted the whole thing wired before the weekend was over but even with my brother (speed racer) helping, I failed to make it happen. Oh well, the way things went I was happy just to get it back together.
This is the old dash and gauges. Not bad but I didn't care for the white gauges in the bomber style interior and wasn't thrilled with the way everything else was laid out. Notice the two piece colum drop, it had to go, which also ended up causing cutting and welding because the top portion was welded to the dash support.
Saturday PM
I made a panel for the new column drop and secured it from the back with some 8-32 button heads.
This is the old dash and gauges. Not bad but I didn't care for the white gauges in the bomber style interior and wasn't thrilled with the way everything else was laid out. Notice the two piece colum drop, it had to go, which also ended up causing cutting and welding because the top portion was welded to the dash support.
Saturday PM
I made a panel for the new column drop and secured it from the back with some 8-32 button heads.