[67GTONUT]

Nick..... decided against the Dakota digital stuff I guess..... I have still not decided ....

Please post how you mount those into the Bezel .....

Looks great man.....

[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by 67GTONUT

Nick..... decided against the Dakota digital stuff I guess..... I have still not decided ....

Please post how you mount those into the Bezel .....

Looks great man.....

I did this way for several reasons. I wanted something a little more off the beaten path. I think the Speedhut stuff is better looking and you can have them anyway you want them. The options are endless and they do custom work for $25/gauge. Also the DD stuff was going to be another $200 bucks for GPS speedometer conversion and speedhut was running a 15% off sale. So I got the speedhut stuff for less than the DD gauges with the added GPS speedo. I just couldn't resist.

That said I got the idea to put these behind the dash from FatfreeGTO and Old66Tiger.

I'm using Bob's {Old66Tiger} method with the 4" gauges and ABS plastic backing plate to install BEHIND the metal adapter plates as opposed to FatFreeGTO's method of installing 3 3/8" gauges IN the metal adapter plates.

Here is FatFreeGTO's thread link to his installed gauges:

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...peedhut&page=4

Here is Old66tiger's link to his dash project:

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...light=speedhut

[GT182]

Nick, those gauges look nice. I'd say even nicer with red lighting instead of the blue.... easier on the eyes at night.

[Nicks67GTO]

Today I got the Speedhut gauges mounted to the dash. I'm really happy with how it came out. I used...

-Template from Bob {Old66tiger}
-1/4" ABS plastic from Ebay
-3-7/8" holesaw from ebay
-7/32 drillbit, drilled at 15* for proper mounting
-1" #6 screws and washers to mount the panel

I think it turned out great! Once I got everything set where I wanted it, I trimmed a lot of the excess plastic off around the edges. No sense in having that in the way. I also had to modify the metal bracket that holds the ignition switch and lighter but that was no big deal.

Next up is spraying the metal bezel and plastic dash! I'm going to use a Krylon satin black and Spaz Stix chrome paint and see how it comes out.

Here's some pics...

[bdk1976]

Really like what you did with the gauges - one of my pet peeves is surface mounted gauges on custom dashes in these cars. These gauges look great and still keep the styling of the dash.

[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by bdk1976

Really like what you did with the gauges - one of my pet peeves is surface mounted gauges on custom dashes in these cars. These gauges look great and still keep the styling of the dash.

Thanks!

[Nicks67GTO]

I got a little work done today. Its really nice out and spring is here.

So to recap, i'm installing Speedhut gauges behind the stock dash, a Vintage Air Gen IV system, a tilt column from Jim @ GMtilt.com and i'm dynamatting the under dash area. I haven't gotten too much done on the Vintage air install but Ill keep plugging along and I might do a separate detailed writeup on it if anyone is interested.

Iv'e found that dynamatting the underdash area is a MF'er. It just takes a while. I bought Dynamat extreme off Amazon. I'm still waiting for my tape to get here to finish the seams but the dynamat itself goes on really easy and I can already tell by thumping on the firewall and dash that this stuff kills vibration and noise. There is no more hollow sound. Its a dead thud anywhere I tap....





I sent my beat up 67' stock non tilt steering column off to a guy that goes by the name of BirdsandBowties on the Pro-Touring.com board. His name is Jim. He owns GMtilt.com He specializes in converting stock columns to tilt. When he does them he installs new guts, wiring, switches etc, paints the column, converts it to tilt, leaves the collapseable internals, rebuilds everything and the finished product is top shelf....He charged me about half of what its going to cost to do this since mine was his first 67' GTO column. Anyhow even at full price, Its still cheaper than buying a stock 67 tilt and rebuilding it. Here's a few shots he sent me the other day. Its supposed to ship out Monday....

[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by GT182

Nick, those gauges look nice. I'd say even nicer with red lighting instead of the blue.... easier on the eyes at night.

Red would be cool. That's the nice thing about Speedhut.com You can get whatever you want for colors, designs etc.

I cannot stress this enough though. For whatever reason, the blue is coming through with a very bold look in the pictures. Its much "softer" on the eyes in person.