GT dash test fit

[Jerry Forrester]

Looks like Buttercup is gonna lose about half of his glove compartment. The AC and heater hoses are trying to occupy the same space as the back half of the glove compartment. But like a friend just told me, "All you need is enough room for an insurance card".
He's right. But I'm going to have a GT center console/glove box between the bucket seats just in case I want to carry something besides an insurance card. Maybe a pair of gloves. Imagine that, a pair of gloves in a glove box.

[DEEPNHOCK]

No glove.... No love....

[StudeRich]

Do you plan to Bend that Ol' '37 Dictator top shifter, shift lever back a bit to save your Knuckles?

[Jerry Forrester]

No glove.... No love....

What kind of gloves are you talking about? Sometimes I wonder about you. <G>

[Jerry Forrester]

Do you plan to Bend that Ol' '37 Dictator top shifter, shift lever back a bit to save your Knuckles?

Actually, that's a Jeep shifter on top of the original '55 3 sp. w/od. But yes, I may have to adjust it a tad.

[ndynis]

Jerry, thanks for posting you work-in-progress. I enjoy following along.
Nick

[Jerry Forrester]

Putting the dash together today in prep for the installation.




I need a pair of turn signal indicators. I think mine are to far gone to use. I gave my SI catalog to someone and haven't got a new one yet. Are these available from any of our vendors. Or, do anyone of you have a pair you can let go?

[DEEPNHOCK]

Looking good!

[Jerry Forrester]

Thanks Jeff.
But no, that info didn't help. ;-)

[Captain Billy]

Just got mine installed the other day, I too had to cut about half the glove box away. I guess the insurance slip and gloves will fit but I also installed a duo USB charger with digital voltage readout for all those many modern devices, I can say that now I just stepped up from a flip phone.

[55s]

Very nice job, Bill. Do it yourself??

Very nice job too, Jerry.

[bensherb]

I need a pair of turn signal indicators. I think mine are to far gone to use. I gave my SI catalog to someone and haven't got a new one yet. Are these available from any of our vendors. Or, do anyone of you have a pair you can let go?

I didn't know those things were supposed to have an arrow on them. Mine have nice chrome, but are just a green dot with no arrow. I have LED's behind them so they're actually bright enough to see.

How about cleaning the chrome and just painting them Silver, or Black , or Brown to match the woodgrain? I use a Toilet cleaner called "The Works" to remove rust, it works very well and will remove cad, zinc and chrome too, but probably not the nickel. It doesn't look like much of that is left anyway. I've never had it affect plastic or paint at all.

[Lou Van Anne]

My 64 has the arrows.....

I didn't know those things were supposed to have an arrow on them. Mine have nice chrome, but are just a green dot with no arrow. I have LED's behind them so they're actually bright enough to see.

How about cleaning the chrome and just painting them Silver, or Black , or Brown to match the woodgrain? I use a Toilet cleaner called "The Works" to remove rust, it works very well and will remove cad, zinc and chrome too, but probably not the nickel. It doesn't look like much of that is left anyway. I've never had it affect plastic or paint at all.

[Jerry Forrester]

How about cleaning the chrome and just painting them Silver, or Black , or Brown to match the woodgrain? I use a Toilet cleaner called "The Works" to remove rust, it works very well and will remove cad, zinc and chrome too, but probably not the nickel. It doesn't look like much of that is left anyway. I've never had it affect plastic or paint at all.

Yeah, that's what I will probably do if no one comes through with some nice ones.

[Jerry Forrester]

Just got mine installed the other day, I too had to cut about half the glove box away. I guess the insurance slip and gloves will fit but I also installed a duo USB charger with digital voltage readout for all those many modern devices, I can say that now I just stepped up from a flip phone.
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That's a very nice set up.
I plan to build some sort of small console/cup holder for Buttercup. Nothing as nice as yours. Just something to go from the GT console to up under the dash. But I have that danged floor shifter to work around.