Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Like so many of our other projects, I decided to go with white faced gauge covers. I don't know if others tend to like them, but for me they're easier to read. After having taken off the old steering wheel cover I saw that the rim had a few flaws so I put a new gray one on to hide them and to help tie in to the silver/gray/charcoal theme of the interior. While I had the dash apart I tried to detail out the cluster the best I could.
I think the dash turned out pretty good. I put a carbon fiber looking overlay on the top half, a silver overlay on the bottom half, and repainted the edges with gold. As you can see I still have some wiring to finish.
To keep the 'race car' look, I went with 3" camlock seat belts.
I wasn't sure how to cope with the broken portion of the dash plastic that was adjacent to the glove box door. I had been looking for - and not finding, a decent replacement. So, I decided to drop a CB radio into the dash. It meant cutting the dash frame but I didn't care because I had a spare. The hanging wires are from the yet to be hooked up air/fuel gauge. - And I have an ash tray now too.
Although it could use a bit more cleaning, the glove box now has a knob. I don't know if a lock was optional in '67 or not but the couple of '67s that I've seen used this style and the few '68s I've looked at had the locks instead.
I wasn't very concerned about running a tach with the automatic transmission but I still wanted to try to stay with that 'race' theme. I decided to go with a small 3&3/8" tach mounted above the dash so as not to obstruct vision too much.
It took me a long time to find these arm rests for a '67. The bases seemed to be for sale everywhere. The door handles are new too.
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Like so many of our other projects, I decided to go with white faced gauge covers. I don't know if others tend to like them, but for me they're easier to read. After having taken off the old steering wheel cover I saw that the rim had a few flaws so I put a new gray one on to hide them and to help tie in to the silver/gray/charcoal theme of the interior. While I had the dash apart I tried to detail out the cluster the best I could.
I think the dash turned out pretty good. I put a carbon fiber looking overlay on the top half, a silver overlay on the bottom half, and repainted the edges with gold. As you can see I still have some wiring to finish.
To keep the 'race car' look, I went with 3" camlock seat belts.
I wasn't sure how to cope with the broken portion of the dash plastic that was adjacent to the glove box door. I had been looking for - and not finding, a decent replacement. So, I decided to drop a CB radio into the dash. It meant cutting the dash frame but I didn't care because I had a spare. The hanging wires are from the yet to be hooked up air/fuel gauge. - And I have an ash tray now too.
Although it could use a bit more cleaning, the glove box now has a knob. I don't know if a lock was optional in '67 or not but the couple of '67s that I've seen used this style and the few '68s I've looked at had the locks instead.
I wasn't very concerned about running a tach with the automatic transmission but I still wanted to try to stay with that 'race' theme. I decided to go with a small 3&3/8" tach mounted above the dash so as not to obstruct vision too much.
It took me a long time to find these arm rests for a '67. The bases seemed to be for sale everywhere. The door handles are new too.
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