Matthew Taylor's Journal

4-19-15

With the paint making us smile every time we walk through the garage, it was time to turn our attention to the interior. The wood working, specifically the dash, was coming along nicely. When we test fit the original gauges back in the new dash, it was clear they would not do. The gauges needed going over for sure. The "black out" package of the "70 Federal" was apparent on the gauges as well - the nice shiny gauges of the earlier cars was painted black on ours. Unfortunately, the open backs had allowed a good bit of dust inside too. No choice but to take them apart and clean them up. The original plan was to take off the chipped black paint, and repaint them. But, with some steel wool, and a run on the polisher, they shined up nicely. We decided a more "chrome " look worked with our dark dash.

After cleaning up the gauges, we need some O rings to mount them to the dash. After some hunting, we decided to make some out of Silicone.