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Been in the mode of nailing down a used Cadillac steering column .. Needing some parts from it's guts to rebuild mine .. This has turned into a chore .. ! The junkyards in my area don't have any 72 to 77 Caddy' due to those being a heavy car, they get mashed real fast .. Found one in Nebraska...

What's a hole ? Here's a hot and sweaty job that I'm not all that fond of doing .. Looking good .. But not good enough for the bed liner just yet .. Found a few spots that needs to be worked .. Worked on the inner some more today .. Had to do some more welding, another coat of primer...

The tech i ordered the regulator repair kit said that if I was to buy the same two stage regulator that I have would coat over $400 ... Also said a replacement single stage could be had for around $100 .. The repair kit was 20 bucks shy of the single stage .. My decision to repair what I have...

Do think Murphy is causing some problems ?? (It's either him or those mischievous Gremlins, little Bastards) Went to heat up a spot on the firewall, grabbed my torch (Oxygen-Acetylene) .. Well, Sir .. That didn't go so well .. Oxygen regulator was singing a song "Ain't going to work on...

Yeah, me too ... Lol Been wanting to get the dashboard done .. High humidity is keeping me from shooting the clear .. For sure don't want that stuff to cloud up ! Still hadn't nailed down the VDO tach bezel .. Waiting to hear back from So-Cal Speed Shop, got my fingers crossed .. But, I have...

Hole saw came in from Amazon .. Do think this will net a much better install than the first time around .. What I had before worked, just didn't look very good ..

Much thanks .... After making a boat load of calls ( No speed shops in Florida had one ) my thoughts was to start calling shops in the Hot-Rod state. California, well Sir, went to the most well known shop in the state with my first call ... Told them what I was seeking, salesman said he...

Ok ... Alright ... I have decided to continue the search for a VDO Series 1 3-3/8" tach just like the one I have .. Needing the bezel off of it .. The bezel I have for the vacuum gauge is a bit too tacky to use .. All the effort that went into the dash so far will suffer with using this tacky...

With it being woodgrain, keeps the eyes moving opposed to being a solid color ... More to see in other words .. Road and Track tells how it done ... https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a19506337/discovering-the-nearly-lost-art-of-hand-painted-faux-woodgrain/

Replacing the flat glass on the tach with the convex glass was super easy to do ... Did have some work to do on the lens, had to remove about .180" from the O.D. in order to drop into the recess of the tach's bezel .. Used a belt sander with 80 girt .. Vacuum gauge was more involved .. It's...

Dome lens came in ..

Got a few spots I'm going to work before it's cleared ... But for the first time out of the gate, I'm digging the look .. Not sure what clear to shoot it with .. ?? Satin or full gloss ..

Dash is getting mighty busy .. Got a couple of small add-ons to hang under it ..

Thar's a different look for dang sure .. !

A few more holes to fill .. Chrome shop sent back the needed parts ... Sure would loved to had seen some of their top quality work on them, but life has a way of throwing a curve ball at ya .. Going to install the bezel as is for now, do hope to find a better one later on .. Since I was...

Nope ... Got a world of work to do on the firewall .. Wanting to drop all the wiring that needs to go though the wall in one hole .. ( Sure do have a lot of wires to pass though the wall ) Think this one will do the job ... Billet ECU Wire Pass Through (WI-001) An attractive cover with...

Got a new look here .. The custom lower column mount worked out nice .. Next on the to do list is to install the column .. The lower mount is going to be a bit of work, a patch will be made to weld in where the old column went though the wall .. Wanting to keep as much of the pad intact as...

Ain't that ^ a fact ! On a more productive note, got the A/C's unit water drain hose installed though the firewall and pad .. Also the master electric disconnect switch is loaded onto the wall .. What looks like a small job to do, took half the day ... That switch was on the truck when...

If I known their products had a very short shelf life I wouldn't had bought the kit .. Wasn't aware of their 30 day return policy until this problem came up with the roller ... With the roller deteriorating sitting on a shelf, guess you'd need to buy a new one for every job that came in the...

This is after the toner was applied .. Made it just a tad darker .. Was going to do the grain but not going to use the roller that came in the kit .. Been in the shipping box that it came, was sitting on the top shelf in the shop's bathroom since it was shipped to me.. Dang thing had potholes...

Well .... It's brown again .. ! This time around it's looking really good, a few days of cure time and will be time to lay down the grain .. You'll stick around to see if I screwup that job .. ?? This be the wood graining kit .. The graining plate is a very close match to the grain pattern...

Starting from 0 miles ... Again .. Rolled them back to 0 when I did the body swap .. That was like 30+ years ago .. Being I'm going from bumper to bumper with doing a makeover, figured what the hay ! I was in the neighborhood anyways ... Dash has a lot of shiny stuff on it, what's one more ...

Thanks ... The effort is there, not all that sure about the skill .. ?? Will continue to chip away at it .. Doing a fit on the firewall pad shows the holes that's on the wall to be filled with weld, some holes will be needed to be cut into the pad for what I have going on ... Waiting on the...

Must shoot the base coat over .. Found a few boogers in my prep work .. Could have went ahead and printed over those spots but wanting to have it looking the best, you known how it is .. I didn't have enough paint left to do another coat, it's on order from the company ... Got a lot of other...

Re-pop Pad fits good ... Bunch of work coming up ..