New update!! 7/28/05 Videos!!Interior you will want to see. Autometer 5" gauges!!

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This was one of the hardest projects I have ever done so far. Trying to fit 5" gauges in 4.5" space was very difficult and time consuming. The gauge pod is 16 gauges and I had to cut all the holes with a hole saw.
The brackets to bolt this in are fully adjustable and required many mock ups to perfect.
The tach works but I still have to wire the speedo and the other gauges. All the gauges are electronic. The speedo is just 2 wires and will be easy.
I really hope this is something else that no one has ever done.





Here is what it looks like so far at night. I plan on adding a few more interior lights. Sorry for the blury pics.






 
Very nice 👍

Which car is that in? Is that the Camaro? The interior looks very modern!
 
Damn that looks really good. Well I'm impressed :D.
 
Thanks for the positive feedback guys. :D I am glad to see that people from this site appreciate the hard work.

DQuaN
Very nice 👍
Which car is that in? Is that the Camaro? The interior looks very modern!
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Yes that is all in my 69 Camaro. Yes you are right it is all modern 2002 Trans Am interior that I installed myself. Its also the same as my avatar. Thanks for the compliments. I hated my old interior.

ExigeExcel,
The speedo is electronic and will be completely accurate. I hope to get videos of all the gauges in action once I get everything hooked up.
 
HA!... I'm late as well - Awesome work mate - looks very very good !....

And please - Keep the primer 👍
 
Thanks a lot :D When I get all the gauges working 100% I will remove the old ones by the console and install my stereo again and take a good pic of all of it for you to see. 👍
 
VERY nice dude ! Its quite trippy seeing the mean machine fromt he exterior, and then seeing the modern interior...Looks Awesome !
 
Nice work! I like the look of the gauges, sort of reminds me of the gauges in the Viper.

Also, I really like the idea of a modern interior in a classic muscle car; although the Camaro purists probably hate that idea. Nice momo steering wheel!
 
i have not seen a interior like that in a old muscle car, good thinking <8- ) the guages look great. i can't really tell but is that two more gauges on the center cosole? since you are located in MI i might as well ask, do you ever go to martin with that?
 
Thanks a lot for the compliments. I am the first person to do a lot of things to an old muscle car. I try to be as original as possible to really stick out in a croud. As for the gauges in the center console, those are the old cheap ones that I have setting there termporarily until I have my new gauges fully wired. The new ones are all electronic and take a little more work than the old cheap gauges. As soon as I get all the sending units I will video tape all of them in action. And I will shift my car thru all 6 gears to prove I have a 6 speed transmission. Some people still find that hard to believe too. ;)
Nope dont go to marting but I go to Gingerman Raceway and the Woodward Dream cruise.
 
Good work! 👍 It seems all this work will be worth it in the end. I can see some people will become jealous when they see the amount of work you've done to it. :D
 
Hiya! :D :O :lol: Meow! (='.'=)

I am very impress with your hard work on your interior! 👍 This is a good way to get an old car to feel more modernized so your car will never feel old. :O

Get a video of your gauges in action at night! I want to see the lights! :O
 
Thanks again for the positive feedback.
I am currently working on the gauges. I am getting my windshield removed so I can work on a transition piece to mold the old dash into the new dash. I am going to use 16 gauge steel for that too. I want to install it so there arent any screws or anything showing. Hopefully I will have that done real soon. THen I will install my stereo again. Remove the old gauges down by the console, then take a nice pic of everything.
Then finally some video of the gauges lit up at night fully functional. There are only a few things left before I paint it. :)
 
Mclarens Angel. I will get videos at night next.
MAJOR UPDATE 7/27/05
Dash transition piece is in, stereo is in, and here are some videos of my Autometer gauges in action as promised.
I took the original 69 Camaro defroster vents and put them in the center of this piece I made out of 20 gauges steel. I might eventually cover it in leather. All gauges work 100%!!

Videos reached bandwidth(LOOK A FEW POSTS DOWN FOR VIDS OR IN FIRST POST)



 
Hiya! :D :O :lol: Meow! (='.'=)

I think your links are dead or exceeded its band thingy. :odd:

The more I look at your car's dash the more I fall in love with it! :O I just can't stop imagining how awesome it is to have out of date dash replaced by a modern design so your car will never feel OLD! :O
 
Yeah, videos are dead.
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I couldn't find a way to comment on your seemingly quite long shift lever without making a double entendre. So, um... yeah.

Other then the cheapy looking knobs and the now-mismatched doors, it looks really good. Very impressive accomplishment.
 
McLaren'sAngel
Hiya! :D :O :lol: Meow! (='.'=)

I think your links are dead or exceeded its band thingy. :odd:

The more I look at your car's dash the more I fall in love with it! :O I just can't stop imagining how awesome it is to have out of date dash replaced by a modern design so your car will never feel OLD! :O
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Thank you so much Mclarens Angel. :D Yeah the videos bandwith was exceeded right away so I will re-host them later today and post night pictures. It is nice sitting in brand new interior but it has also been a LOT of work!

Emohawk,
As I stated the interior is not completely finished but getting closer. I will try to answer your questions and I appreciate your detailed question layout.
The knobs that you think are cheap are 2002 knobs and they came with the dash and are in all 2002 trans am interiors.
I havent covered the doors in leather yet to match the rest of the car. Im getting there but I concentrated on the most important stuff first. As for the windows I will be installing power windows in the future. Remember, this is a work in progress and is getting closer and closer every year just takes money. The airbag is not functional but could be with wire hook ups. More than likely I wont mess with it. Despite how the shifter looks, it is not long at all. Mabey 8" at the most. I appreciate the feedback. :)
 

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