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News Flash: Doug's Drugs has over 50,000 hits. I thank you for your curiosity and interest. Please keep it up and check back often. It's flattering, and very encouraging to see such support.
News Flash: Doug's Drugs has over 50,000 hits. I thank you for your curiosity and interest. Please keep it up and check back often. It's flattering, and very encouraging to see such support.
I noticed on Facebook today that Kim Kardashian wants everyone to see her bare behind. I wonder how many hits her site has gotten? It's not really fair: I work hard and illustrate my work and over a year's time I get 50,000 hits. Ms. Kardashian drops her chonies for the camera one day and she probably has 51,000 hits. Just who is Kim Kardashian anyway? I don't watch TV to know. Is she a singer? An actress? A politician? As far as I know she's just a behind displayer.
Whatever the facts are, I like the big number of hits my blog has acquired and I'm quite grateful. I intend to continue contributing. so here we go:
I've got a good jump on the wiring for Gary's '51 Chevy coupe and hope to have it all wired up by next week. When I make an electrical connection I try to use solder joints wherever possible. I solder the terminal with a section of shrink tubing in place and then seal up the ends nicely with it, like this circuit for the gauge lighting.
When using electronic fuel injection it's important to use solder connections because a loose crimp connection could change the amount of electrical current the computer or a sensor registers. A difference of a fraction of 1 volt makes a surprising difference in how the computer responds.
Gary provided the gauges, in this case a set of AutoMeter gauges. The speedometer on the right also includes a tachometer and the cluster on the left has the water temp, oil pressure, voltage and fuel indicators. He made a good choice and the chrome trim goes very well with the standard interior trim in this beautiful coupe. The steering wheel is a downsized '57 Chevy unit from Speedway Motors and it's attached to a chrome plated tilt column (also from my friends at Speedway). The pedal assembly came from a '97 Camaro, except for the aluminum pedals themselves.
I especially like the A/C vents that I salvaged from a '60 Cadillac. They're all metal and now they're color-matching. Between the vents and the kick panel there will be an upholstered piece that will hide the parking brake mechanism and the wiring. If you look closely you can see the Auxiliary input jack just to the right of the key switch. This is wired to plug into the back of the radio so all Gary has to do is plug his ipod or smart phone output cord into this and he can hear his favorite stock reports on demand. Between the gauges is a hole where the stock shift linkage passed through the dash and under the firewall. I've modified a small cover plate to cover the hole completely but it's not painted yet.
As you can see, I've got wires everywhere and there's a few more still to solder up. The only wires I haven't replaced are the wires that travel up the A pillar to power up the dome light. Everything else is new.
I've changed my mind about the use of the fuse panel I installed before painting the dash and another, more appropriate one is on the way. This dash is beginning to look pretty darn attractive. I'm excited to get the wiring squared away so I can re-install the front seat. While I'm waiting for the fuse panel go get here I can finish up with the patch panels on Grace, the '68 Camaro convertible. I've decided that body work is a thankless effort; if you do it right, nobody notices it. If you botch it, it's all anyone notices.
I've got a good jump on the wiring for Gary's '51 Chevy coupe and hope to have it all wired up by next week. When I make an electrical connection I try to use solder joints wherever possible. I solder the terminal with a section of shrink tubing in place and then seal up the ends nicely with it, like this circuit for the gauge lighting.
When using electronic fuel injection it's important to use solder connections because a loose crimp connection could change the amount of electrical current the computer or a sensor registers. A difference of a fraction of 1 volt makes a surprising difference in how the computer responds.
Gary provided the gauges, in this case a set of AutoMeter gauges. The speedometer on the right also includes a tachometer and the cluster on the left has the water temp, oil pressure, voltage and fuel indicators. He made a good choice and the chrome trim goes very well with the standard interior trim in this beautiful coupe. The steering wheel is a downsized '57 Chevy unit from Speedway Motors and it's attached to a chrome plated tilt column (also from my friends at Speedway). The pedal assembly came from a '97 Camaro, except for the aluminum pedals themselves.
I especially like the A/C vents that I salvaged from a '60 Cadillac. They're all metal and now they're color-matching. Between the vents and the kick panel there will be an upholstered piece that will hide the parking brake mechanism and the wiring. If you look closely you can see the Auxiliary input jack just to the right of the key switch. This is wired to plug into the back of the radio so all Gary has to do is plug his ipod or smart phone output cord into this and he can hear his favorite stock reports on demand. Between the gauges is a hole where the stock shift linkage passed through the dash and under the firewall. I've modified a small cover plate to cover the hole completely but it's not painted yet.
As you can see, I've got wires everywhere and there's a few more still to solder up. The only wires I haven't replaced are the wires that travel up the A pillar to power up the dome light. Everything else is new.
I've changed my mind about the use of the fuse panel I installed before painting the dash and another, more appropriate one is on the way. This dash is beginning to look pretty darn attractive. I'm excited to get the wiring squared away so I can re-install the front seat. While I'm waiting for the fuse panel go get here I can finish up with the patch panels on Grace, the '68 Camaro convertible. I've decided that body work is a thankless effort; if you do it right, nobody notices it. If you botch it, it's all anyone notices.
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