[DeTomaso] My prototype interior

[Dave Londry]

Looks - to me like you were having fun doing it.
Is that legal?

dave

On 16/08/2012 3:50 PM, David D Fisher wrote:
> Thanks Gary.
>   
> I'll probably give it a break for while and drive it and then get back to finishing in a month or two at which point I'll seek your learnings on the actuators.   Worst case is to program a Arduino and some servo motors, but I expect with that tiny interior I only really need fully open and fully closed on the vents..   I have a servo water valve already.
>   
> David
>   
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> To: David D Fisher <fisher95020 at yahoo.com>
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> Very Cool!
>
>
>>
>>
>> Here's a few shots of my interpretation of  what a 72 Pantera interior
>> would look if the designer wasn't constained to the Ford and Alfa parts
>> and trying to get a tape deck in there somewhere.
>>
>> I felt the Veglia gauges are the strong design point in the car and hence
>> wanted to highlight them.  I also wanted to tilt the gauges towards the
>> driver per the original design (this makes for some interesting angles to
>> get the eye to like it).
>>
>> I also moved the window switches onto the tunnel, which makes for
>> some houdini wiring to clear the shift linkage, but it seems like a better
>> placement, especially for the passenger.
>>
>> Lastly,  I added one more little bucket in the tunnel as a phone / wallet
>> holder.   Music will be mostly courtesy of Ford, but there will be an iPod
>> jack in the wallet try wired to an Amp hidden somewhere?
>>
>>
>> You have to use a little imagination for the final version.
>>
>> Imagine the center tunnel and dash finished in leather to match the seats
>> and a little more tweaking on the fit and finish and removal of the
>> hideous cover in between the two vents.
>>
>> Heater controls will be via electric actuators.  The stock A/C control is
>> behind the rightmost knob.  I have two "courtesy switches", one of which
>> is not currently used.
>>
>> I'm open to thoughts on how to make it better.  I may duplicate the french
>> seam with the yellow stitch on the seats up along the tunnel and up the
>> sides of the console... still debating that.  That dash is going to be a
>> challenge to do in leather and I was hoping the vinyl and leather could
>> live together, but they dont very well and I have to do something about
>> the rather ugly "seatbelt warning tacked on" cover between the vents.
>>
>>
>> Just the console:
>>
>> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=37045
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>> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=37051
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>> The making of:
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>> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36764
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David
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