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Nded wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2024 11:02 am Tell us more about the dash pad please.

Dean is making more. I believe it will be in the $900 range plus/ minus

You can go here and add your email address to the waiting list.

https://datsunparts.com/products/datsun ... 9227936032

vorpal wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 3:22 pm

ppeters914 wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2024 8:26 pm After several long, tedious, frustrating days, I finally finished installing the dash pad, dash twisties for tonneau cover, and the rear mirror mount.
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Still have to reinstall the items that restricted access, but this has been a major PITA progress blocker.

EDIT: This is a DatsunParts.com (aka Dean) dash pad, Item #1292, that I purchased back in June 2018.

https://datsunparts.com/products/datsun ... 9227936032

Excellent! Been there... drilling into my expensive new dash pad to fit the front twisties required nerves of steel

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When/Where did you get that dash pad?

From Dean At Datsunparts.com back in 2019. As written above, you can add your name to the list for the next production run .

I've been on that wait list for some time now. I was hoping you had found an alternative supplier .

I'm sure glad I found a new Dean dash on ebay for $300. It had just been listed that morning with a buy it now. It would have been gone that day if I hadn't checked first thing in the morning.

Picked up a pair of floor mats off eBay like Dan (datsun65) did. I offered $125 and they accepted. Shipping took about 10 days. Nice quality with a sewn-in logo. The only knock is the driver's side mat is not notched to clear the foot rest on the left of the firewall. Passenger side mat fits fine.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394372699719

-jt

I'm nearly finished with my console modifications. Just need the Warp Drive button to replace the other radio knob.



Bluetooth Audio https://a.co/d/02m1orux

Special buttons with tags https://embertonimperial.com/en-us/prod ... s=e&_v=1.0

Ejector is original horns, Warp is my Oohga horn.

Nded wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 5:28 pm I'm nearly finished with my console modifications. Just need the Warp Drive button to replace the other radio knob.



Bluetooth Audio https://a.co/d/02m1orux

Special buttons with tags https://embertonimperial.com/en-us/prod ... s=e&_v=1.0

Ejector is original horns, Warp is my Oohga horn.

Nice. Where did you install the amp? What speakers and where?

Nded wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2024 8:42 pm


I put in 4 speakers this week. Could have made 6 work, but that might be overkill. Putting the Bluetooth amp in next.

Amazon speakers
https://a.co/d/044aFhgJ

Amp behind the control pad - rather small.

It fits in the stock radio hole?

Fit was easy. Could have done 6, but not worth it.

This is not a "shake the adjacent cars" design, but it meets my requirements.

I modified a spare fuel gauge into a volt meter to replace the ammeter that I was scared to hook back up.
the whole project didnt take long but the cost ballooned from $9 for the donor voltage gauge up to $50 when I decided to silkscreen the face and my ancient screen printing supplies had dried up in the twenty or so years since I last used them.
the voltage gauge fit perfectly in the depth left when I removed the fuel gauge guts, but I had to make a couple extra holes in the back plate to get the needle origin in a nice spot. I also started using the original faceplate with a couple new holes for mounting, but ended up making a new one from scratch.
I mounted the new faceplate and took some pictures with it hooked up to a bench power supply so I could design the new face that would be at least vaguely calibrated. I tried to copy the design and font as closely as possible of the original gauges.
I originally tried 3d printing a mold and casting a stamp out of silicone but I could never get a really opaque result, so I whipped up a couple silkscreens. The text for 'volts' is in a really tight space so I did 3d print a frame to hold the screen just above the surface and was very pleased with the results!

Mad skills Polkadot. Well done!