1983 Crown Vic

[sxcpotatoes]

Red is the stock color of pontiac gauge illumination. Also, it's the same color airplane instrumentation uses.

[83vic]

the looks cool but I realized that the radio is blue and its not changeable idk I might try red first and see how it goes. Where did you get the 140 speedo??? I always wanted to get one for my car!! maybe next year I will try to get a different rear and out of a newer p71 with 3.55s and convert to rear disc brakes.

[VicCrownVic]

Red is the stock color of pontiac gauge illumination. Also, it's the same color airplane instrumentation uses.

The reason they use red is because of how human eyes work, red does not disturb your eyes natural night vision. I forget all the technical, biological terms but it takes something like 20 minutes for your eyes to completely re-adjust to darkness after being exposed to light except for red light.

[VicCrownVic]

the looks cool but I realized that the radio is blue and its not changeable idk I might try red first and see how it goes. Where did you get the 140 speedo??? I always wanted to get one for my car!! maybe next year I will try to get a different rear and out of a newer p71 with 3.55s and convert to rear disc brakes.

The 140 speedo is not so easy to find, ebay or JY from a police interceptor would be your best bet. I saw a couple on ebay for 90-91 (I have a 91 MGM) going for $150 for the cheapest one. Since 90-91 were only 2 year production I think the older ones could actually be a little easier to find, I think I may have seen more of the older ones on ebay and I think one was asking about $400 but didn't really pay attention to the older ones.

Every once in a while one will popup for sale from one of the members on here and may be how the Brown Blob ended up with his.

[87gtVIC]

I had two at one time. First was purchased through carparts.com I believe. Some auto yard somewhere had it and I ordered it from them. The second one (an current one in the car) was picked up through ebay.

There is one on ebay now for some crazy price. 399 iirc. Absurd. He also has the police gauge pack that goes above the glove box for another crazy dollar amount.

[83vic]

ok so I started thinking about ways to clean up the amp wiring in the trunk I was thinking about getting a piece of 1/4 inch thick board of some sort and somehow gluing or somehow attaching it to the floor up next to the spare tire. I am going to keep my spare learned that lesson the hard way ( even though I currently don't have one on 98 f150 at the moment)I had a blow out once and had to call my dad to bring me the spare because like a dummy I wanted more amp space for a big amp I used to have hooked up. anyway I don't want to put any holes into the floor hence the glue idea or maybe heavy Velcro and then lay the carpet over the board and screw the amp to the board not the car, I also have a cap to mount. Just wondering if anyone has a better idea?? the cap is attached to the box now I want to remove and hide all the wires.

[83vic]

found a 140 speedo on car parts $50

[tjc78]

ok so I started thinking about ways to clean up the amp wiring in the trunk I was thinking about getting a piece of 1/4 inch thick board of some sort and somehow gluing or somehow attaching it to the floor up next to the spare tire. I am going to keep my spare learned that lesson the hard way ( even though I currently don't have one on 98 f150 at the moment)I had a blow out once and had to call my dad to bring me the spare because like a dummy I wanted more amp space for a big amp I used to have hooked up. anyway I don't want to put any holes into the floor hence the glue idea or maybe heavy Velcro and then lay the carpet over the board and screw the amp to the board not the car, I also have a cap to mount. Just wondering if anyone has a better idea?? the cap is attached to the box now I want to remove and hide all the wires.

Just mount everything to the back of the seat. Out of the way, and no problem with tire.

[VicCrownVic]

found a 140 speedo on car parts $50

$50?! Nice find!

[83vic]

just finished the door lock actuators and its storming so im going to eat a bite and then do the upper ball joints. I got the doors back together just before it started to rain. the car doesn't fit in the garage with the doors open but I can pull it in to do the ball joints.

[83vic]

Did the ball joints and then I started on the amp and wiring it might not stay this way but I did do what I was thinking of with the board... so far I like it I might still mount it to the back of the seat.

[87gtVIC]

End result looks nice and clean, though if the amp is small enough (which it looks to be) I'd stick it on the back side of the seats just to get it out of the way. Now the cap looks a bit bigger. Not sure if he will fit.

[tjc78]

Looks much better. Nice and clean.

[83vic]

did a quick video last night while I had it running.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI1gMn2KkIE

[83vic]

I had a really rough week this week my uncle passed away. So for now I am going to stop some of the work on the vic. Its hard to believe he is gone. I know in his will he left me his prized possession, his 1964 Studebaker GT hawk and my dad is going to keep the 66 impala ss he had. So I will get back on the vic but it might be a month or two. I was really close to my uncle he was the one I always went to car shows with and got me into the old cars that I love. between him my grandfather and my dad I learned how to do my job I do now as a mechanic.