interior
an old upholsterer’s trick
i ran across these while systemically forcing myself to get busy in the garage, my dad used them all the time for coverings and what not. i may start doing some septum piercings if anyone is interested.
nardi
ive been on a wheel hunt since sept and had some issues but landed on the nardi before the end of the year and it finally arrived .
haltech home
oh hi.
AUX. fan interrupt switch
the haltech ems will be controlling my AUX. cooling fan, since i deleted the mechanical clutch fan. here are a few shots of the wiring and switch. the led indicator gave me a fit acting as a diode while the switch was wired to the negative. a little tweaking gave me the following:
- switch:
- Blk wire = ground
- grey/red = signal plus jumper to Negative side of led
- led:
- white = jumper mentioned above.
- orange = 12v on or acc. wire
head unit and speakers
added a new head unit and all new speakers and wires:
Pioneer DEH-P9400BH CD Receiver – Pioneer TS-A6974R A-Series 6″x9″ 3-Way 500 Watts – Pioneer TS-G4644R – 4″ x 6″ 2-Way Speaker
*note the old XO.
H&B Gauge POD
these are the original HB gauges and cluster, ive removed these from their home. i wanted to document these here. this is neat piece.
broken HVAC vent driveshaft
upon my removal of the HVAC and its components this pass vent control shaft snapped. these are very very hard to find. i had to improvise.
heres my solution. some ss hardware drilled and tapped a bionic extension.
monte carlo
the original 4-spoke alpina wheel had severe dry rotting and cracking, i opted to go with the momo monte carlo for the period correct look and its one of my favorites anyway. its also a little smaller.
shifter
was also able to grab this gem from HB, perhaps the last NOS shift knob. took some modding to fit my custom linkage*
*e36 rogue engineering lower shifter with custom lever. also made solid aluminum shifter mounts and converted the 265 trans linkage to the wider knuckle which involved creating a new link, all of which got new bushings and rubber.
front seats
also got oldson’s to recover the flofits in black vinyl. the car had scheels at one point based on the history of the car, however they were gone when i got it. the flofits are a nice period correct option with a steel frame and recaro sport look.
panels
the door cards and side panels were in great shape, new retaining clips and cleaning. along with new chrome from munich.
someone had cut tweeters in them. so in turn i put fresh ones in also.
rear seats
got oldson’s to recover my interior bits. first was the rear buckets. they covered the rear center, the rear deck got fresh covers and the headrests got a cleaning.
