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Old 01-30-2005, 06:31 AM
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No problem on the pipes David but I definitely can't start till after Easter.

I picked up the wrinkle paint from Auto Barn. It's made by VHT and goes for about $15 per can and it's available in Black, Red or Grey. I reckon Black would look spot on with your Yellow paint work.

Gav, Doing the printed pictures of the guages really helped me with the layout and the decision on which guages to buy. You can try different guages an stick them on in different positios till your happy with it. The dash panel is one of Ian's fiberglass ones and has a rounded edge on the bottom. It'll do for the moment but I'll probably look at tidying it up a bit more when I finally get it trimmed in leather.

Les, The silver things just under the top edge are the bolts that hold the dash in place. I machined thick washers from billet aluminium and polished them. They have an 8mm stainless countersunk head screw in the center. I machine the shoulders off the countersunk screws and it gives them a nice shape. I did the same thing on the smaller ones that hold the steering wheel on.

The hole is where the engine loom comes through the just inside top of the tunnel. It makes for a neater looking wiring loom in the engiine bay. Once it's carpeted and loomed up properly you'll hardly notice it inside the car.

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