Hi All,
I've been working pretty steady on the Cobra to hopefully have it going for the Shelby Fest at Easter.
I hit a bit of a milestone when I got the dash done yesterday. It's taken a bit of mucking around. I've had to re-do all of the mounts on the chassis hoop since they didn't fit in with my guage layout.
I'm pretty happy with how the layout works and you can see the speedo and tacho clearly from the drivers position. I've always liked the layout on the AC Ace with the triangle of smaller guages so I've tried to incorporate it. All the switch gear is on the steering column which makes for a clean looking dash. The only switch is for the heater fan and there's a starter button too.
Eventually I want to get the dash uhpolstered in red leather like some of the Aces were along with red leather seats and red carpet. I the mean time I've sprayed the dash with wrinkle finish red paint. It's come up quite good and is I reckon is a nice finish for the interim. I might do the door panels with this too.
All the red might sound a bit much but I reckon that it'll work in well with the paint scheme. Plus I'm looking forward to
not burning my butt on a black leather seat on a hot day.
The body comes off again tomorrow morning so I can finish the fuel system and fit the clutch and flywheel.
Here's a couple of pics of the dash.
The guages are by Autometer and measure 5" for the speedo and tacho and 2 5/8" for the rest. The top three are liquid filled full sweep mechanical guages. I reckon they look cool with a the air bubble in the top.
Cheers