Hi, Just wondering what you 446370H cars are doing with your Accessory Panel since we do not have a top to open. any kind of tach fit here? is there a clock that fits here and we can replace clock with a tach. not a huge deal but the dash is valuable real estate to just leave a blank. Would love to see what you creative guys have done.
Tagged for other ideas. I will need to do something with my '68 'lark. In my '64, (below) I put a tack in place of the clock, and I like it, but the '68 has a silver dash, so I either need to repaint and re-letter/mark another tach and stick it in the clock's place, or I could use the Accessory Panel, some plexiglass and put the tach in there. Likely would use the "chrome pen" to outline the cutout, place the Plexiglas on the back side, and it should look pretty slick.
Here's the dash of my 70 Skylark. I used an autometer tach that I took apart and mounted in place of the clock and the water temp and oil pressure gauges are in real carbon fiber panels I made to replace the factory pieces on each side of the dash. The a pillar mount is from autometer and has the fuel pressure and volt gauge. Ken
Mine has the cruise control light... just a single little square light. Now that you mention it, that is a lot of space for that tiny light. Maybe I'll put one of those sticky backed LED clocks there since the car came with the factory BAC (busted ass clock).
No pics, since the 'lark is at the panel beaters, but I have a temp gauge there. I used a piece of black plastic ( being a model maker helps!) rather than butcher the original panel.
This is kinda cheating, but I built mine from an intellitronix generic kit using a metal backing plate that I made to bolt it in to the factory housing.
I ditched the clock and Lf. hand A/C vent to install my gauges. I love my Wildcat, but the dash needed help . Sorry, pics are crappy. Have a spare stock dash for purists down the road. Last pic with the Custom Sport interior done except carpet Have the correct steering wheel now. Coming soon!
LOL.. That thing has been in my dash the whole 41 years I have owned the car, and until last year I thought it was giving the middle finger, which makes sense given the teen-agers who owned the car before me (they street raced it). But last year I looked closer at it, and I think it's actually the index finger that's pointing up! No idea where those guys got it--a Rat Fink model? Or maybe they carved it themselves. I guess it's an antique now...
This what those same guys did with the heater vent. (The tach was my idea to hide a crack in the dash--hey, I was 18 years old and discovering the many wonderful uses of Permatex RTV silicone sealer)
By the way, they also found a use for the accessory panel: They stuck a push pin into the cover so it could be removed, and I think they may have used it to store "certain items/substances that a person might want to conceal."
