by "MM54" (mm54mk2)
Published 03/11/2017 at 21:46
by "MM54" (mm54mk2)
Published 03/11/2017 at 21:46
Tags: '71Chevelle
STARS: 6
No, not the thing where people mutilate their ears/nose/whatever, the thing that tells you what’s going on in your car.
Picked up a trio of Autometer gauges today (volts, oil pressure, water temp) and a plate to hold them for the Chevelle. After going back and forth a million times between electric and mechanical, I went with the easier installation of electric over the overall better-ness of mechanical.
I mocked up the panel, should be pretty cool. I also got a tach that mounts in the dash where the clock would be if this car had one (the circle outline visible) a while ago. Now I just need to get some wire and pull the dash apart (again).
I’m also deciding how I’m going to mount that panel. My dash is in way too nice of a condition to want to screw into it, I may try some sort of tape (VHB comes to mind) or some sort of rig to clamp it to the edge. We’ll see.
"DutchieDC2R" (dutchiedc2r)
03/11/2017 at 21:51, STARS: 1
I bought a A/F Ratio gauge....It’s wired up and working, but I have to find a nice spot for it. Right now, its ziptied to one of the air vents. I tried to run the cable under the dash and pull it back up again, but I found out this weekend that in the Teg, the side of the dash cannot be removed without removing the whole dash, unlike with the Civic. Dangit...
"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
03/11/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 1
Information is power :)
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/11/2017 at 23:12, STARS: 0
Yeah, that dash is way too nice to put holes in!
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
03/11/2017 at 23:17, STARS: 1
I have the same exact gauge panel in my 73 LeSabre. That’s really the best location for it.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
03/12/2017 at 10:40, STARS: 0
Agreed! The interior is mint except 3 things: The steering wheel is cracked as they all are by this point, there’s a small hole in the headliner (that wasn’t there before it sat in storage for 4 years... thanks mice), and the front bench has torn at the seam (which sucks because I can’t find anywhere making the correct bench seat cover with cloth inserts).
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/12/2017 at 10:59, STARS: 0
That’s not bad at all. Maybe a trim shop car resew the seam?
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
03/12/2017 at 11:07, STARS: 0
Unfortunately it didn’t split the stitching, the vinyl tore at the seam (since the stitching perforated it). There are a couple broken springs and other wear in the seat frame/foam (mainly driver’s side) that need addressed as well.
At some point I’ll hopefully come up with a plan for it. I can fix springs and replace foam, but the covers are the sticking point. I can get them without the optional cloth inserts, but then it wouldn’t match the back, and I quite like the cloth. My inserts are a bit too worn (and one is starting to tear a little) to have a shop re-use and put into new vinyl.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/12/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 1
Balls :/
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/14/2017 at 19:21, STARS: 0
Is that a ‘76?
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
03/14/2017 at 21:51, STARS: 0
‘71