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Ok fellas. I think I'm going to call the dash officially done. I was going to add a key lock switch to the R/H side of the column but decided that enough was enough here. I did install a turn signal switch lever. I don't have a clear enough reference to see whether its chrome or black but it's black for now. I can change it as I find references. I managed to paint the spark plug wire boots at the distributor side this morning. Half of my time at the bench was taken up by photography. You know the routine: getting that right angle, the right lighting, making sure the camera is set up right, etc! I must take about 10-15 shots to get the ones I have here! lol To recap: Here's what I started with: (all the while I have to keep in mind my age and experience level at the time here) and here's where we are now: I wished I had taken more "before" pics. Will do better next time.

I like that LS motor.............................ALOT!!!!!

Good grief!!!! This is beyond words! I think I'll pack up my plastic stuff and go home now.............

Thanks Dan! Benchtime is slowed during the week to .5 hr - 1.0 hr. (written in true flag time form! lol) in the morning before work. Starting on Friday morning I usually have between 3.0 hr - 4.0 hr per morning. I should have a little something in the morning though.

Thanks Tim. Not sure what gauge wire it is but it's this stuff:

Great engineering and fabrication!

Did some work to the steering wheel and column this morning but still have a small amount of touch up to do. Will post pics of that tomorrow when I'm finished with it. It was a little tricky painting it and I had to work with what I had. Anyways I moved on to the ignition wires for a change of pace. Should have the distributor side of the wires done tomorrow morning and hope to have the boots all painted up. ( It was a shame I couldn't find any black wire right now but I'll work with what I have). Got two more to go but here's some progress anyways:

Man this is really turning into quite the project Ira! Lookin' great!

It's startin' to look like a flying saucer there Ira!

That's CLEAN!!!!

Thanks Lee! Will be hitting the bench tomorrow morning........thank God!

Been missin' the progress on this one there Fred!

Lookin' good so far Pat. Great job on the wheels!

Got it Dan. Got the seat belts and a cowl hood for my 90 Mustang LX too. Thanks man. I'll sniff around on the site for some buckles.

Dan:Thanks buddy! You left the web address out ( Don't worry I post narratives and forget to post pictures!). Lookin' forward to the address so I can get the belts going. Carl:Thanks man! Well there wasn't any modeling this morning. Had 2 Christmas parties last night. Fortunately for me I don't partake anymore but my wife sure did! LOL . So no modeling time ......................! Ah well! We had a great time together.

No problem Dan!!! Thanks for the lead. I'll go looking for the belts............

Thanks Dan! I'll be moving onto finishing the steering wheel/ column tomorrow morning and then it's off to seat belts. Hmm....will have to check out what the AM world has for seat belts.....................................................

Got these a couple of days ago for a Mustang build:

Yes...........................they do! Will be writing these guys down in my little black book!

Ya think? Wow! That's bigger than my whole stash Rob!

All I gotta say is congratulations to the guy that built it for getting that much money for it. He's da MAN!

Well this morning saw the whole IP carrier assy coming together. I did not modify the dash pad but I did shoot it with a light coat of flat clear to take care of the shiny glue joints from 32 years ago and still managed to get one little shiny spot from todays gluing session which I neutralized with a light dry brushing of ground up black pastel. Here she is all ready for the steering wheel and whats funny is that speedo doesn't show up all grainy with the naked eye. Don't know what that's all about. And I started on the steering wheel this morning. I broke the camera out before I went any further past the one hole. Whew! and here we are after all the holes drilled out: Now I just have to finish cleaning up and start slinging some paint now.......

I say "Go for it! " Rich.

Keep it coming Tom! What a show!

Nice work on the plug wires and rocker covers Pat! Wow!