[cantcatchmitch]

once the engine went in, it was on to wiring. mounted the fuse panel in the trunk under the package tray, next to the battery. ecu went in the passenger footwell and is covered by a false floor my interior guy built. In the cars previous life i had attempted a few different dash panels and was never pleased with them. I thought about going back to a nearly total oe dash with dakota digital gauges, but some of my previous modifications altered the way those pieces wouldve fit. So I set out and built a gauge panel out of aluminum. I found some gauge bezels at a boat store that fit the classic instruments gauges I intended to run, with intention of honoring the oe style, but make it a bit better( at least i hoped). Worked out pretty well and I think the polished aluminum and chrome retro autosound radio and vintage air controls contrast nice against all the blue, with blue leather in its future.( matching relicate leather swatch posted on top the dash in one of the pics).
almost forgot, I had designed the gauge panel to come in and out because the wilwood masters are right behind it. originally as i was building it i had the panel held in place with magnets, but i didnt test it with the radio in and it made it a little too heavy for just the magnets, so theres two screws that come out first. still plenty easy when i need to check and add fluid. the car originally had a cheasy plastic collar around the column, which i replaced by molding in a 4 inch tube to make it all one piece and have it flow together.