I agree with you on the stock dash. I guess it's time I post up the plans for my interior and actually get working on the my car again.

ps Your car & posts have re-inspired me.

Thanks Jp i'm watching your build too. Gonna be very nice!

Hey Marty I'm glad you're being inspired!! Thanks lol
Btw I forgot to post the pic of my idea for my rear firewall. It's the same idea as the dash inserts. 1/8" alum. trim piece with carbon fiber inserts. Plan on doing something similar as an insert on the door panels also.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/Qa3H3t.jpg

Thanks for the info. I agree with Marty, this project is getting me motivated to get out in the garage and work on my 73. It's great to see more second gens in here.

Constantly blown away by the skills some on G-Net possess, great fab work!

[QUOTE=slenning;631719]Cut the front edge of the dash top out of 3/4 mdf on one of the cnc's at the cabinet shop. Pretty handy lol

Rule number ONE in auto design......
"No Straight Lines on a Styled Surface"
U might want to redo the dash top slightly.
I suggest u slim down the frame around the instrument cluster by increasing the radius of the topmost line by an inch, then drop the center point till the top is a quarter inch LOWER than original.
Then....the top line that heads over to the right towards glove compartment needs to be lifted 3/8" at the cluster end, and a HUGE radius like 200" to finish 1/4" BELOW original. Mirror that change to the small section on the left of cluster.

From Jim Grant....Australia......ex-Holden division designer.

Love to see cabinet guys building cars. LOL
High tech CNC router table for the win

Thanks!! but I think you're in the wrong thread posting that. :lol:



Ron, are you making fun of me?? :lol: :waveflag:

[QUOTE=Beechy;632279]Hi Jim thanks for the suggestions, I have included a new drawing showing most of the changes you had mentioned. I did slim down the area above the cluster. You had suggested lifting the top line 3/8" at the cluster end but I thought that it looked too thick when I did that. I used a 1200" radius to finish at 1/4" below the original height at the "glove box" end. I pretty much have all of the programming done to cut the whole top of the dash out of wood. I have cut the front section out based on the new design and I think it looks pretty good! Will post pics when I have a little more.
Thanks again!
BTW I do have about a 36" radius on the top from front to back also.


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A little more progress. I started off with this for a door bar setup,
[IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/oJ0JxK.jpg[/IMG]
then last weekend I decided to change it to this.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/BCtdxC.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/0QlBWw.jpg

Cut these out on waterjet
[IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/nFeevZ.jpg[/IMG]
to mount Peterson oil tank
[IMG]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/12hC3G.jpg[/IMG]

Cough...Cough

I think we need an update.

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