"MM54" (mm54mk2)
03/11/2017 at 21:46 • Filed to: '71Chevelle
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"MM54" (mm54mk2)
03/11/2017 at 21:46 • Filed to: '71Chevelle | 6
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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.
Awful lighting courtesy of a drop light and my phone’s flash
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
> MM54
03/11/2017 at 21:51 |
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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
> MM54
03/11/2017 at 22:09 |
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Information is power :)
shop-teacher
> MM54
03/11/2017 at 23:12 |
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Yeah, that dash is way too nice to put holes in!
deekster_caddy
> MM54
03/11/2017 at 23:17 |
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I have the same exact gauge panel in my 73 LeSabre. That’s really the best location for it.
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MM54
> shop-teacher
03/12/2017 at 10:40 |
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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).
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shop-teacher
> MM54
03/12/2017 at 10:59 |
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That’s not bad at all. Maybe a trim shop car resew the seam?
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MM54
> shop-teacher
03/12/2017 at 11:07 |
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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.
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shop-teacher
> MM54
03/12/2017 at 13:05 |
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Balls :/
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> MM54
03/14/2017 at 19:21 |
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Is that a ‘76?
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MM54
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2017 at 21:51 |
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‘71
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