[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by 67GTONUT

That is amazing.....

I need to grow a set of nuts and try this.....LOL

Troy. Do it up. Its not too hard and I don't have very much money into it. If you end up wanting to do it, let me know and i'm more than willing to walk you through it on the phone. Iv'e probably got 4-5 hours into it at this point but I had a template available to me. I'm guessing you could make a template out of cardboard and a pointed poker in about an hour.

[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.

[67GTONUT]

Originally Posted by Nicks67GTO

Troy. Do it up. Its not too hard and I don't have very much money into it. If you end up wanting to do it, let me know and i'm more than willing to walk you through it on the phone. Iv'e probably got 4-5 hours into it at this point but I had a template available to me. I'm guessing you could make a template out of cardboard and a pointed poker in about an hour.

Still leaning toward the Dakota Digital for the simpleness of it ( I hope ) ....

I can see this project taking a life of it's own...

New Repro Bezel
New Dash Harness
New Gauges
New Stereo

[Nicks67GTO]

You're right it could get out of hand fast. I actually have about the same money in the Speedhut stuff and install supplies, that I would have in the DD setup. The plus was that I get a GPS speedo standard on the Speedhut stuff and it's like an extra 200 or so with the DD.

[67GTONUT]

my big question mark would be the Dash Harness..... If I use the DD ...... how much of the original harness would I be using? $400+ is a lot of dough for a fresh fuse box..... So I might skip the new harness....

[Ollie]

updated links from post 395
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...peedhut&page=4
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...light=speedhut

[Nicks67GTO]

Well a bit of an update....

Not too much has gone on but i'm really sick and bored out of my mind.... so here goes. Its February, the actual temp was -24 this morning and I don't have a heated garage so nothing is getting done. I do however have some time off in March where i'm going to get a bunch of stuff done.

I tried my best to make the stock dash, I talked about above, work with a cleaning and painting. It looked horrible. That was a complete failure. I'm not sure if I just couldn't get all the contamination/old armorall off the dash but it just looked horrible. So for now all of this is going to go behind my current dash that's in the car. Its not in bad shape but it needs redone. Ames sells a re-pop dash that's supposed to be really nice but they are off like a 1/16" and they don't have the nice stain-able wooden insert that fits the AC cars yet. They said this summer it should be available. I'm not going to hold my breath so ill just live with the 48 year old stocker for now.

I am starting to get some parts in the mail though and I also got a text today from Jim @ GMtilt.com {BirdsandBowties on here} and hes starting on my rebuilt tilt conversion steering column so that's cool. I'm looking forward to getting that.

Then this showed up in the mail a few hours ago!!.....Gen IV Vintage Air

[ERIC AULL]

Nick, The repop dash that AMES sells is a very good part. I have one...Pete Serio built my gauges, and I used a custom wood inlay that cam e from "Wabbit's Woodworks".........I used the 67 GTO kit from VINTAGE AIR....adapted a non A/C dash to look and function like a factory a/c car...easy to do and works great...over 2 years and about 3000 miles now....Eric

[400 4spd.]

Eric, that dash looks nice! Is that a burl wood grain?

[ERIC AULL]

Yes it is...Wabbit's Woodworks in Texas made it...he has the templates. it is Burl Elm under many coats of acrylic....looks like the finish on a piano case! Thanks for the compliment!

[Nicks67GTO]

Eric....can I ask how much they charged? Is it on an amuinum backing plate?

[ERIC AULL]

Nick, I am not near my receipts....I believe it was around $700...I really don't remember. No aluminum plate....real burl..with a lot of acrylic...very "deep' and rigid....Google Wabbit's Woodworks....talk to Billy...at the shop...

[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]

I also got a peek of what the dash will look like with my new gauges. Im really excited. I think this turned out great.

I'm waiting for PY and Ames to get an actual stainable wooden insert for the repop dashes since they are apparently off just a hair. According to PY a few weeks ago right before the merger this will be this summer. Then I will be buying all that stuff and doing a new dash and insert. Until then the good old beat up stocker will have to do.

[arbys]

I do like the way that the pods are still there but filled with better goodies.

[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by arbys

I do like the way that the pods are still there but filled with better goodies.

Thanks! No way was I going to hack the dash up. The recessed pods are a big focal point of a gto. They need to stay

[67Twistytee]

That tilt column coversion looks great. How long did it take to get it done?

[HWYSTR455]

Wow. The gauges look great bud, really. And for some reason, I never thought about doing mat on the dash pad, that's a super idea. Nice work!

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