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nukeworker wrote:

Let me make that a little bigger for ya.

That's better.

That is a cool looking dash, love the shift knob.

pretty sweet, but you put it in on the wrong side. Its an easy mistake.

Just picked this one up on eBay.


$40 and free shipping
Hopefully it will work out pretty well.

CopperBaja wrote:

vin wrote:

vin,
I like the console! Did you fab that or buy it somewhere? Does it open?

i fabbed it...then fiberglassed the whole thing for smooth edges. rivets are just for looks. it has a hinge on the other side to open. wanted it bigger, but anymore longer and it would hinder the thottle pedal.

fusername wrote:pretty sweet, but you put it in on the wrong side. Its an easy mistake.

Thanks, but don't forget that at least as far back as Roman Empire, traffic has generally driven on the left, at least up until Napoleonic times.

This has continued in the UK, parts of the former British Empire, and some other countries up to the modern day, although the first British legal reference was in The Highway Act of 1773 (London), which contained a recommendation that horse traffic should remain on the left.

In the USA, the first legal reference to driving on the right was in 1792 (New York), although early American motor vehicles were right hand drive. This changed in the early years of the 20th Century: Ford changed production to left hand drive in 1908, and Cadillac in 1916.

I don't suppose it matters which side the steering wheel is on in the desert though, but unfortunately we don't have many of those in the UK!

zbqw, you have given me an idea for my Baja project. Thanks!

Anyone ever seen this in use, do you have a picture of it in a car?


http://www.vwinnovations.com/bug.html

That thing looks like it belongs in something with wings or a big verticle USA on the side...not a VW!

from left to right- bowie knife, twist-lock connectors for winch controller, speedo, lights, lights, gps, and wiper switch and horn button....

what happened to the NOS sticker?

Not quite done but I sold the car long ago. It was actually for sale on thesamba the other day. Anyway...
This is before, used to be a stereo shop test mule and had a TV in the big hole in the center.


This is after I welded up all the holes and welded a piece of sheetmatal over all the big holes. I never did mount any switches.


and with a little body work.

bugdust69, nice job!