Shoebox Ford -Remove radio & install gauges

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Classic!!!!!

 

Big Creep, My kids and I are laughing so much at that cat !!! Classic !

 

Why does 1 car need 2 sets of gauges in the same dash?

 

i can be a smartass and come up with a few excuses but they aren't true, i could say i wanted to have two temperature gauges for each side of the flathead, but that's not true. and i couldve said I wanted gauges that would be more accurate than stock gauges, but that's not true either. Honestly my stock gauges didn't work and I didn't wanna mess with them, and yes i couldve put aftermarket gauges in place of the stock gauges inside the speedo cluster, but i didnt want to do that either. Who knows, i might cut up my dash more and make a completely custom dash to keep up with the late 50s early 60s styling of my car, was never really a fan of these dashes.

 

fuck my life it is a rat in there!!

 

I'm glad to hear that . Spending a bit more time to do it right is ALWAYS a good thing . Every time you glance at your gauges , you'll be glad you did !

 

Guess I f'd my car up pretty good....

Original gauge was gutted, clock was broke, seemed like a great solution to me..




Gotta love iPads. Everything I post is upside down

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0

"...despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage...."

Wow, step away from the vehicle......!

 

It seems that when describing their car style most people say "RAT", when they mean "LAZY".

There really is no reason to make such sloppy cuts. If you don't have the tools, buy one, no money for the right tools, borrow one, no one to borrow from? save up and buy it.
Post a question here on the HAMB, many here, including myself, will be happy to help.

Now if you did that on purpose, there is no helping you.

 

BTW, I have the same cheap 3 gauge set up in my shoebox mounted under my dash. its a temporary fix until I can afford to have the original gauge cluster rebuilt.

 

HACK JOBs like this dont belong here. I think you'd love killbillet.

 

But but but .... where will you put the radio ?

 

The middle guages are for the rat......

 

OK guys , he said he's going to fix it right ... give him a chance to show us . No need to keep beating the horse , IMHO .

 

he did fix the dash .... didnt you see the pictures?

 

You guys are brutal. I'm just thankful for not posting some of the f$#%^& -up shit I've done.

 

tough crowd tough crowd

 

I really don't have a rat in this race.

 

please dont take american iron and rat rod it,it doesnt deserve such treatment.Pay more respect to the vehicle and where it came from and where its been.Then you want to rat rod it. not right.

 

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I think my eyes are watering-up...

 

Used to be a tougher crowd than this!

Where's Germ when we need him.

 

You know him. I have seen some of his posts on the Shoebox Ford forum. He does not fix anything right.

 

hamb used to be much better back in the day when there wasnt so many people. Cant believe I signed up over 8 years ago when I was 15!!!! Learned so much and still continuing to learn.

 

fixed it

 

I cut up my '51 dash and moved stuff around.

I am happy with it.

Then I cut up another one to hide my radio.

 

Thanks for the assist....

 

Bring it over to my place and I'll weld it in for you for free

 

fenders: a buddy back in the 70s had a combination am/fm-8track-cb radio he mounted to the ceiling of his ride. drilled a hole in the roof and mounted a whip antenna right above his "sound system." great reception and you could hear the built-in speaker above his loud pipes!

 

The blue and green tape decorations really add to it! A white rat hmm most go with brown at least he didn't add another color into the scheme. LOL Anyone put the popcorn on yet?