Gauge placement problem

[351wcrayz]

The problem I have is that i have anew oil press., volt, and temp. gauges and NO place to putem, i was wanting to re-rout the stereo wires under the dash, build a custm/factory lookin console put the cd player and cb on the tranny hump, an put the gauges in the now open slot, which is a perfect fit...

And im tryin to find out if i can change the shifter from the steering column to the floor.....

[gadget73]

what kind and what year of car are we talking about here? Might be able to get your hands on one of the old police gauge packages that goes above the glovebox.

A few people have done floor shift swaps, MrLandYacht, MeLikeyStripperChicks and 87LTDMasta have automatic floor shifts. Not sure who else might have one.

[Lincolnmania]

he's got a 91 i think.

[85crownHPP]

if you dont mind hacking the dash like I did in the 91, you can fit three in place of the clock i betcha

[86VickyLX]

When in doubt, gauges under da ashtray. Or if you'd be up to it, put them in the instrument panel

[351wcrayz]

car

My vic is a 1991 CV PI72, 351w-5.8L, AOD, 2.73's
Im wantin to put a floor shifter in an re-do the engine to a 393 stroker (4" Crank, 6.2" rods, etc)
Id like to put the gauges where the cd player was, and put the cd player and CB under the ashtray.....

[86VickyLX]

if you can deal with the cd player lower, by all means do it

[torquelover]

My vic is a 1991 CV PI72, 351w-5.8L, AOD, 2.73's
Im wantin to put a floor shifter in an re-do the engine to a 393 stroker (4" Crank, 6.2" rods, etc)
Id like to put the gauges where the cd player was, and put the cd player and CB under the ashtray.....

Not sure how much a later box's dash compares to mine. Quite a few of us have discussed keeping the radio in the stock location and mounting the gauges below the ashtray. In my Vic, also a P72, I deleted the ashtray entirely. If my radio were mounted lower it'd probabbly be pretty hard to get to.

[351wcrayz]

dash

im might do that, delete the ash tray, FG the console to the dash, factory look, add a spot fer a hurst floor shifter, an put the CB/cd player, ashtray on a horizontal position, blueprints later tonight, and still put the gauges where i said...

[351wcrayz]

heres the IDEA i had for it,have to check cardomain.com/ride/2875507

[351wcrayz]

linky

heres the link for my CD page an the plans cadomain.com/ride/2875507/9

[torquelover]

heres the link for my CD page an the plans cadomain.com/ride/2875507/9

Ah, I see. An older Ferrari Mondial I knew of had the CD head mounted at that angle and skipped like a bitch on two different head units. Hopefully modern day CD player tracking has much improved. You work at Arby's, eh? What's good (or something to avoid) there, LOL. How do you starve working at a fast-food place?

[P72Ford]

Id like to put the gauges where the cd player was, and put the cd player and CB under the ashtray.....

I have this set up (gauges where the radio once resided). See my post in this thread for pics:

http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=19183&highlight=gauges

Also check my readers ride thread for more pics. My radio is in the glovebox, in case you're wondering. I love having just the gauges on the dash; looks very clean, IMO.

BTW, nice to have another P72 around here; I have a '90 P72 351, AOD, 2.73 open.

[351wcrayz]

food

heres what i do for FREE SUBS...
1-Buy 2-4 EMPTY LARGE cups/ice, etc

2-Peel stickers, they should have 1-2 free subs, 1-2drinks free

3-EAT!!!!

Its VERY EZ to starve, they give us a FREE meal AFTER 5 1/2-6 hrs of work, I get like $100-150 per week, Insurance is $132 per month, gas $25-35 per week, new tiers is a $130 per pair, you figure....LOL

[351wcrayz]

gauges

the ones ive got is from Advance auto, their black plastic etc, and youres looks nice, but im goin for the flawless/factory/badassed look w/ fiber glass..LOL