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Old 05-31-2013, 08:40 PM
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dash is full of buttons , ***** and displays have almost everything working now

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Is that shifter handle long enough for you
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Is that shifter handle long enough for you
oh stop it thats all I had laying around going to buy a nice one when I get to that point
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Originally Posted by paulywannafly
oh stop it thats all I had laying around going to buy a nice one when I get to that point
I'd leave it in there Go all Ed Roth and all
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Now that is a cool looking dash. Did you have to make a mold for the entire dash?
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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
I'd leave it in there Go all Ed Roth and all
A Skull with red lights for eyes
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Looks good pauly. I just got my dash done as well. My shifter is about as long as yours right now and I wanted it that way...
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You'll like having the shifter accessible next to the steering wheel. It sure makes grabbing gears easy.
Your car is looking great. I can't wait to see the finished product.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Wizzard
You'll like having the shifter accessible next to the steering wheel. It sure makes grabbing gears easy.
Your car is looking great. I can't wait to see the finished product.
Larry
Thanks Larry
I cant wait either . This car is the biggest pai I ever had to build NOTHING production fits on this thing almost everything has to be made for it
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That dash is awesome and confident. Anyone who goes through the effort to get one of these cars built should do exactly what they want.

I do believe that the modifications of these cars while they were being raced were many depending on what all the drivers wanted, and the new technology that became available through the mid-sixties.

I love the dash. Is the shifter hooked to a sequential gearbox? It seems to have the stature and location near the steering wheel.

Do you have a some renderings available?

Thanks for posting these great pictures. The way I have seen the parts coming together regarding fitness, your building a custom car however you want to look at it.

Make it Yours!

(That's they way I look at it, hence the "Gulf" Livery)

Looks great.

Take care,

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Originally Posted by paulywannafly
This car is the biggest pai I ever had to build NOTHING production fits on this thing almost everything has to be made for it
That's what I keep telling folks who saw the pics of mine and ask if it was hard to build; I just told them unless they had solid engineering and fabrication skills and knowledge, don't even THINK about it - it's not like a Cobra kit car.
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That's what I keep telling folks who saw the pics of mine and ask if it was hard to build; I just told them unless they had solid engineering and fabrication skills and knowledge, don't even THINK about it - it's not like a Cobra kit car.
Thanks John you are so right this thing has been a challenge but it is dialed in to the point it puts a smile on my face when I drive it now .
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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
Is that shifter handle long enough for you
Speedometer slightly off level....since we're piling on





looks cool can wait to see you post a video while ripping it up on the track...
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Originally Posted by steveale
Speedometer slightly off level....since we're piling on

or maybe the camera angle was slightly tilted?
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did a nice long burnout with it today , and no broken aluminum parts came out of the back . Just had steel half shafts made for it good thing , because the u joint holes were egg shaped in the aluminum shafts. one more burn out and they would have been out on the road

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