Project Colony Ship gets some upgrades.

"Pixel" (Improbcat) 09/11/2018 at 21:45 • Filed to: Project Car, Project Colony Ship

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Was too exhausted today to deal with another round of brake bleeding, so I installed some stuff off the donor wagon.

First off was the roof rack, mostly so it didn’t hang around the garage and get accidentally damaged.

It is obvious why this went on. I disassembled and stored the old one so when I get all the way down to “make aluminum trim shiny” on the list of stuff this thing needs, I’ll be able to chose the best crossbars & feet from the two to shine up and use.

I then swapped the busted and ugly “trip computer” for a fancy “Quartz” analog clock, which goes better with the fake wood & blue vinyl 70s era dash.

I also managed to get the washer pump working. But cleaning contacts and properly fitting connectors wasn’t worth photographing. Pics of the finished swaps will happen next time I’m around this thing in the daylight.

shop-teacher > Pixel 09/11/2018 at 22:37

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Good work!

Longtime Lurker > Pixel 09/11/2018 at 23:42

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That clock is the same as was in are old Grand Marquis.

Tristan > Pixel 09/12/2018 at 01:40

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IIRC, The “quartz” clock is actually mechanical with an electric quartz  winding mechanism.

Pixel > Tristan 09/12/2018 at 11:20

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You mean Ford in the 80s was passing options off as more advanced and fancy than they actually were? I’m shocked! Shocked i say!

Next thing you’ll be claiming the “ Ride Engineered” badge on the plastic fake aluminum insert in the plastic fake wood dash means nothing either!

Tristan > Pixel 09/12/2018 at 14:16

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I think that's real aluminum behind the plastic... But it does ride nice and boatly, no?