More updates...
Air tank is mounted.
Next week the new transmission crossmember will be back from powder coating, the tailshaft will be shortened to suit the TH400, exhaust mounted for the last time and... maybe... the fuel tank drained so we can start this barge. I can't get too excited yet because i still need to hook up the (Lokar) throttle amd trans shift linkages.
Stereo ordered (will be hidden)
I'm definitely NOT going to put this one in the dash, but that leads me on a merry ol' journey of discovery figuring out where to mount the headunit.
My Road Runner had its head unit under the front seat, but I'd like to hide mine where the glovebox used to be (as the void for the glovebox is now mostly filled with Vintage Air A/C). This avoids the risk of backseat passengers kicking the headunit (which happened in my Plymouth) and makes the whole install a bit tidier.
I only use the stereo in my cars to listen to my iPod so none of this has to be flash - I just want it to play music clearly and reliably, and look tidy. That's why I went with a single 12in woofer for the boot and pair of half-decent speakers for the front doors. The amp is going in the boot, next to the air tank and compressors, with the sub mounted on the passenger (RH) side and the battery on the LH side.
I had thought about filling the holes where the heater controls and radio used to live seeing as none of them are required any more. The issue is that they're not in the thick metal section of the dash but the thinner aluminium (sorry, "alooo-minnum") fascia and so I'm not sure it's going to look any good to fill them up.
The apertures I'm talking about closing up are the rectangular ones below and immediately to the left the trio of gauges
Oh yeah, and I bought pop-out cupholders from a WM Holden Caprice back seat (same as G8 Pontiac or some US cop cars) off Holmart (Holden surplus warehouse) and will have them added to my front seat.
Ill get an aperture cut into the front of the seat, which will attach to the metal frame of the seat. The cupholder itself is thin but fairly wide. I am thinking of getting a shroud made up to cover the edge so it looks a bit more '60s.
While buying the cupholder i figured i may as well upgrade the stoppers on the daily, too
it is our ute variant of the Chevy SS (very similar to a Pontiac G8). This has all Aussie cam, intake, tune, exhaust, coilover suspension and 20inAussie Simmons wheels. It makes 420rwhp and is a pretty bloody good daily.
I had to upgrade the wheels too,
obviously
