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| #31: September 15th, 2010 - Disassembling the Dashboard... One thing I hate is rust. When Ford built the car, they did not paint or in anyway protect the metal dash support structure. So this is what you get, a rust dash support. I took allot of pictures of how things went together on the dash, as this is one of the few parts of a SN95 that I have never taken apart before. When I built the racecar, I delivered the car to the cage shop with the dash intact, as they need a starting point for where to locate the steering column in the cage structure. During the cage building process, they took apart the dash to make room for the cross-bar behind it. The wiring and small components come out first. There are about 30 fasteners in all that have to be removed to get the support out. I did not post all the pictures here but you get the idea. The support is too large to fit in my blasting cabinet, so I will take it to Tollivers in West Palm Beach and have them sandblast the support and powder coat it.         | ||
Here
you can see the wiring harness and venting components on the floor and
shell sitting on the stand. I found a date tag on the shell of '96. I
guess the shell was replaced also when the repairs were done. There are
some breaks in the plastic on the dash shell. I'll fix those up with
some two-part epoxy before the support comes back from Tollivers next
week. I'll also spend some time cleaning and re-taping the wiring
harness.    | ||
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this last picture you can see some evidence that the car had been in
some water at some point in its life. Do stereo amplifiers normally
rust? | ||
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