updates of project

1 dupicate pic, sorry. I need a whole photo album.
while the the tranny is out and i'm waiting for a replacement, i'm doing other work. i'll be farming out the hood, fenders, & valence pan to a very reputable body shop. (no tools/experience) pics were bigger & better (about 1600sqrd), but trying to save space. if any ya'll need advice sandblasting/want details, give a jingle/pm.

matthew pikul
Black_IVY@hotmail.com

 

i started on mine recently...pics to come soon....good job....good luck

 

dang thats alot of guages! what are they?

 

gauges

oil pressure/water temp/tranny temp/left cyl head/right cyl head/vacuum/volts

plus tach installed in stock gauge cluster, left side just under fuel level.

I built/covered panel. autometer gauges.

i modified stock cluster to accept tach:evilsmile

 

Looks like you got it going your way!! Keep it up! Preston

 

Thanks for the pics....keep us updates, looking forward to seeing it.

 

You must like wiring WAY more than I do. Nice work!

 

It's Deja Vu all over again...ya gotta love these cars

 

Looks great! That gauge on the far right has GOT to be hard to read.

 

Lookin good!

 

gauge on FAR right is volts i can see just enough of it to know if "life is ok" rest r ok to read.

yes i do like wiring, it's kinda an art form with me. (a.k.a. OCD) is ocd a mav trait?? do i care?? ya should see the stereo/amp EVERYthing is soldered/heatshrunk.

inside my guitar amp (TUBES fender-silverface, i rebuilt) is even more OCD.

besides i have an A.A.S. in electronics, it's one of the things i excell at

some day i'll get a night-pic of led-lit gauges and neon.

 

That'd be pretty cool! I don't know if anybody else on here has done that. DO it, do it, do it!! Preston

 

Does anybody still use CB radios?

 

cb

actually, yes it's an old one that works VERY well.

i think all the hi-po's and sherrifs still have 'em (in addion to all their normal gear). Truckers still use 'em, as well as a few general folks.

I'll warn anyone "with their ears on" about a speed trap/fire/wreck/really bad road/washout/ect

cb's have also kept me from walking home on at least 2 cold/rainy/snowy/dark nights. dead battery(just enough juice for a weak watt, which was all i needed), second time that i remember, i was REALLY STUCK in ALOT of mud.

the big whip on the trunk makes the car look kinda like an r/c car. also looks like the kinda car ya'd see on "the dukes" besides, the cb just fits this car.

Add to all this the fact that I hate cellphones, cb is better for caravaning anyway.

 

Heck yea. I still have my old Gemtronics base station up in the closet. I have one or 2 older mobles out in the shop but none are hooked up. I have an emergency type CB I use during trips. More to just have something to listen to if nothing else. Alot goes on still in the dead of night on the airways.
clint