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This weekend I continued cutting all the gauge holes into the dash and also cut the holes for the turn signal lamps, the brights lamp and the parking brake lamp. I’m using LEDs I got from the local electronics place for these four indicators. After I got all the holes cut I used glazing putty… Continue Reading cuttin’ holes and slingin’ mud…
Still working on the dash. Today’s task was to fill the 3 stock gauge holes so that I can cut new holes for the new autometer Phantom gauges I’m going to use. First I made a paper template of the original gauge hole. Then I cut out filler panels from sheet plastic. Then, using duramix… Continue Reading dash and more dash…
The gas and brake pedals have been done for a few years but I finally got around to finishing the gas pedal. I bought a stock mustang gas pedal assembly and cut off the part I needed to make it work with the Javelin gas pedal. Now all 3 pedals are done.
Started work on the dash this weekend. I pulled the dash, disconnected the gauge cluster and the ac vents and started turning it into a “blank” to house the new gauges. The first “patch” is for the radio hole. You can see in the pics that the stock radio opening had really been hacked. more… Continue Reading dash work begins…
I got the idea to modify the stock pedals to dress them up. The idea is to drill and countersink holes into them and then make new pedal pads that will work with the Mustang Bullitt pedals I bought. I bought the pedal set online for about $80. I don’t have a drill press so… Continue Reading race pedals project