So progress last couple days is wiring and more wiring....all the guages and the headlights, fog lights. As for the doors the panels are fit and all the speakers pre fit and ready to sand and paint. We are using all Infinity speakers with the exception of to JL audio subs. working on getting nose ready for paint. 90% there. also working on the chopper.
The instrument panel is almost ready to install I used the bird blank for the ac controls, worked great, also molded in a digital gas gauge under that. The guages are all Pro Sport brand, like the look of them. especially when lit up. they all do a sweep when you start the car and blink two different colors and are programable. The speedo and tac fit so perfectly in the dash panel.
The oil tank will have a flat black over the gold letters so only a sliver of gold is outlined in the middle of the letters.
I sprayed the pass side dash black with the soft touch to match the rest. I had to make my own glove box insert, since the vintage air took up some room. Just made it out of fiberglass. Also I'm not sure if I mentioned we put a tilt wheel in with newer wiper controls. We are using the same motor for controls as in the newer models.
We made some quick glass pieces to close off and have something for carpet to lay on and hide all the wiring and on the driver side we put the check engine light. They will get cleaned up and sprayed black. They flow right into the console. As for the door opening peices we made to cover the wiring and make a smooth transition for carpet, they will also enable the carpet to lay over the Ride Tech Tiger cage mounts so you will only see the bar and door bar bolt down to the carpet. Also got the dash wrapped to match the seats.
Thanks. Today was all about getting the instrument dash pad and center console in and hook up all the gauges. surprisingly the main problem area is getting the touch screen radio to fit. I had it in just fine until I hooked up the rca's. the defrost outlet is right in the way. I am getting 90° adapters tomorrow. I can't wait to show the finished heat shield for the exhaust... Turned out great. I had the tail pipe section and shield ceramic coated to cut down on the heat even more around the gas tank. On a side note that soft touch clear is nice but really delicate. I am having second thoughts on the using it on the door panels. I wish I had gotten my vac table finished in time to wrap them... Just maybe after the show.
Ha.... Yeah I posted in hard core Pontiac forums and when I got to posting my engine choice it got really interesting. To say the least... Lol. they where not to happy
Ha.... Yeah I posted in hard core Pontiac forums and when I got to posting my engine choice it got really interesting. To say the least... Lol. they where not to happy
Go back when it's done and have someone photoshop a 'real' Poncho in.
lol
Seriously, I would think some mags would be interested in something much different then your normal '69 Bird.
those pictures are depressing...reminds me of when my shop was clean.....I have to clean up after we are done with the bird. Been a crazy year...lots of fiberglass work makes more than the usual bodyshop mess...If I keep doing it I am gonna move the messy work to my home shop and no more mess here.
ok, been working like crazy, trying not to add to much but have some cool things going on the car, some may not happen before detroit but here are some teasers, lots of help today,
If you don't like it ....bare with me... it could be cool, jury is still out..
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