[njsteve]

Here's the finished dash and gauges. I removed everything and cleaned it up (mainly removed all the dust). The 1970-73 engine-turned dash panels are nearly impossible to find in nice shape -they all turn yellow with age. I ended up disassembling mine, removing the factory clear varnish with lacquer thinner and then sprayed a new layer of clear over the aluminum. It worked great -really pops now. The switches all function properly now too, even the A/C stuff: you can hear the compressor clutch click when you trip the switch. All the gauges work too, even the clock. That was actually fun to restore. It's even rather easy, just remove the unit, take a small file (your wife's favorite nail file works perfectly) and file the set of points flat. Then spray all the gears and internals with WD-40. That's it. The clock runs, well...like clock now.

Here's the "before" shot, complete with cheesy aftermarket Grant steering wheel and stereo:

[njsteve]

Here's the "after" shot, complete with my daughter's baby shoes hanging from the mirror -she's already claimed the car as hers.
I guess that means now I have to teach her how to powershift an M-22:

[necdb3]

I found exactly the same thing with my stripe sticker under the spoiler.
They must have installed all the stripes of to the left like that.

Also found the obvious original cameo paint. My car was repainted twice. When they repainted they must have used a much brighter white. Funny how you don't really notice that the car isn't the correct color until you see it against the original. Cameo looks like it has alot of cream tint in it.

Dave

[eaglesan13]

NJSTEVE,

Nice job on the car. Is that a new steering wheel, and if so, which brand/model did you go with. If not, did you have your old one restored and who did it.

[njsteve]

That is the original wheel that came with the car. For some wierd reason one of the previous owners took it off and went with the Grant wheel instead. Luckily they saved it and I just needed to clean and repaint the adapter and then reinstall everything.

[OLDFLM72]

How do you find the time to work on the car with the kids/wife/job etc???

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by OLDFLM72

How do you find the time to work on the car with the kids/wife/job etc???

The wife lets me play out in the garage one day a week so I make the most of it. And I have moved some of the minor components into the basement to play with during random evenings. But other than that I know exactly what you mean!