Dash time!

[Rokcrln]

Started my dash today for the buggy. First I had to section 3 1/4" out of it to fit. Then I had to cut out the center and shear out a new piece for the guages, switch panel and steering column brace. After shearing and tacking it with my Tig I pulled out the big rod (.030)to finish it up. This was my fisrt real tig project. Turned out nice and flat and I will finish it up tomarrow.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[crawlin68]

Nice! I can't wait to see it done. What gauges are you going to run?

[ACE]

Kevin, just wondering why you did'nt take out the ash tray and speaker grill while you were at it? Are you trying to keep it looking kinda stock?

I would like to talk to you about adding on to my cage to make it into a La Familia cage for the grandkids' safety, I'll PM you maybe Wed. when I get back to work.
Have a good 4th!
Joe

[Rokcrln]

Yes I am trying to keep a stockish look. Also that ash tray may be the only storage I get in this thing The stock speaker hole is perfect for an external CB speaker. Started on the gauges today and after lunch I will see about filling the hole that the steering column had to have. I am only going to run two gauges, oil PSI and water temp. I will have a light for the alt and computer and that will be about it. This is not going on the open road and I really don't need to know how fast I am going or how high it rev's (and that is high for a 351W)

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[Rokcrln]

Almost forgot the Trans temp gauge! I just have the front end cap to do in the morning and then weld in a few tabs for mounting and I will be able to get back on the body mounts. Once the hood is fit I can built the section that will go between the dash and the back of the hood. I plan on keeping this thing down to just the bare minimums for the trail, no extra crap to go wrong! Just so we are clear an I-Pod, amp and a few speakers here and their are part of the bare minimum

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[slvregl]

Looks great...but don't forget your running a automatic trans...you might want a gauge to monitor the temp...

Sorry got caught up in the pics...did not read the text.....

[Rokcrln]

Here is the finished cluster section of the dash. Now I just need to mount it and fill in the extra holes before painting.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[FFMDX]

Very NICE!

Sean

[PhantomEB]

Very Mucho Impressed!!!

[Familyman]

Your stuff looks great. How the tig welding going ? It sure looks sweet.
FM

[Delta 4 Wheel]

Out of the box thinking of the dash. I cant wait to see it mudded and paintedted. Looks like a cockpit...

[Rokcrln]

Your stuff looks great. How the tig welding going ? It sure looks sweet.
FM

Thanks~ The welding is going good for just starting to use this thing. I have had the tig for about 18 months but never really used it more than once or twice. Then I just finished two books on welding and thought why not give it a try. I have been doing alot of metal work latley and wanted to start using tig for many advantages over mig. I think I will be using it alot more now. It takes about 10x the amount of time for doing tig over mig but when done corectly you end up with 100% metal fusion (sp?).

As for mud and paint I only will need to do some minor fill primer and paint. I want to leave the tig welds exposed under a coat of paint and not try filling with plastic. I will only feather in the seam where the first plate was grafted in and not around the gauges.

Kevin
LFD Inc.