Dash:
ScottShaferRetroMod76spitfire
Electric Ant working
First Made new 3/8" thick plywood dash
panels, sanded them, painted them flat
black. Bought new "Chrome" interior
panel screws to hold them to the metal
dash sub frame underneath it.
Then laid out on poster board cut to same
size as dash panels, the cut-outs that
would represent my instruments, lights,
and other dash do-dads. Once happy,
transferred that to the wood and cut it.
Then came "The Re-Wire" re-did the
OEM wiring back to it's "Factory" state
(working), then I added my own wiring
for the things I wanted to add. I removed
the "Heater Unit" plus the controls,
cleaned them got them working good
again, to include shop-made heater
flapper valve arms.
Shop-made heater flapper valve arms.
Made from 1/2" square "Key Stock",
a few screws, some scrap aluminum
sheet, drill and cut off wheel on a grinder
and I now have a new heater flapper arm
on the lower right flapper!
While in there, replaced the defroster,
(demister) hoses, found that on my car,
1 3/4" diameter Carburetor heater hose
works great and is cheap! In any auto
store.
Passenger side "Glove-box" (parcel shelf),
insert, the terminal strips are for:
Constant Hot (Battery), Switched hot via
the relay controlled by the ignition key,
Ground terminal, and Electronic Flasher
for the turn signals (there is another one
just like it on the firewall for the hazards).
Passenger side "Glove-box" (parcel shelf),
insert, underside. There is a constant
hot 12 blade fuse box, and a switched
hot 12 blade fuse box, both with LED
indicators that light up if that fuse blows.
(NOTE: the two large rectangular holes,
is where I had put in 2 six gang relay
banks but didn't like it there so took them
out. There is a cover piece that this does
not show to occupants.
Six gang rocker switch panel, that goes
into the "H" Dash Support, it takes the
place of the OEM "Radio" Hole.
The rockers have a large blue LED that
turns ON when that switch is active,
and there is a small LED strip (beneath
the white function label) that turn on
with the Head-lights so they can be seen
at night. Functions are:
Radiator Fan Over-ride, Driving Lights,
Reverse/Back-up camera over-ride,
DVD player over-ride, Front Camera On,
LED (under body blue night street lights).
Passenger glove box covers in place,
hiding the electrical terminals & fuses,
with a digital Volt meter, USB double
stack charging port, and 12vdc charging
port.
Top Dash was cracked and sun damaged,
so I recovered it, and replaced the ash
tray with a GPS antenna for my Double
Din Head Unit (Navigation system).
(showing top & bottom of GPS antenna,
mounted to ABS plastic plate fitted into
the old ash tray clip bracket.
Also, added a momentary switch on the
back of my Wiper switch to activate my
added washer pump for the windshield.
Dash components in place, plus showing
GPS navigation, and back-up camera
"at night", (ignore seats, haven't got to
them here yet).
Replaced my Equus Gauge back-lights with blue LEDs, so now my gauges match my Head Unit and rocker switches. The RPM gauge is brighter than the rest since its bulbs where of a different type, but that is ok with me, since my important gauge is the RPMs anyway... hehehe
Video of Head Unit working, rocker
switches, cameras (front & rear),
Foot-Well lights (added activated by
door(s) being opened). "Dome Light",
added up by top of mirror stalk, with
a LED bulb, and a switch to choose from
ON, OFF and ON with door(s) being opened.
Front Camera hangs down from the
dome-light assembly, and can record
"Driving Videos" to the 32GB SD card in
the Head Unit.
Electric Antenna Video, showing the
function of the added electric antenna,
that operates with the Head Unit power
on & off.
The "install" pictures of the antenna
motor into the left rear quarter panel
is in the "Trunk" (see above website
navigation buttons) section.
"Outside" (in the daylight) view of the
dash (note this pic is before the rocker
switches where labeled and showing
the location of where the front channel
speakers are on the lower/front of the
doors. I am considering moving the
speakers to the outside foot well panels).