Mr.MofuM to Oldtimers, Youngtimers and Vintage [email protected] • 8 months agoWanna go on a ride? just gimme a second, gotta open up literally everything!i.imgur.comimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down13
arrow-up1179arrow-down1imageWanna go on a ride? just gimme a second, gotta open up literally everything!i.imgur.comMr.MofuM to Oldtimers, Youngtimers and Vintage [email protected] • 8 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilink6•8 months agoI’m sure moving the entire Dashboard and every cable going there is a great idea
minus-square@TimeNaanlink16•edit-28 months agoI don’t think there is much cabling in the dashboard of that 1970s exotic.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•8 months agoI’d bet the gauges and dash are still in the vehicle.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoYea, speedo would be a spinning steel wire in a sheath, everything else possibly be electric (tach, oil pressure/sensor, if it even had that).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoOil pressure was actually an air tube, and coolant temp was a copper pipe. You had to be careful not to kink them or your gauges wouldn’t work. Though the 70s was the transition away from that late 60s tech.
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilink3•edit-28 months agoA lot of it was still analog, which is so much worse. You’d still have the basics, speed, ignition, engine temp, oil, alternator (?), RPM, light switches. Edit: steering wheel…
minus-square@TimeNaanlink2•8 months agoThat seems to be part of the steering column? But I’m not sure.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-28 months agoIt lifts pivots up. https://vistapointe.net/holden-hurricane.html
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months agoYeah how tf are they able to move the steering wheel like that?!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-28 months agoUniversal joints, which steering columns already have. Just need one that’s in the right spot with the necessary range of motion. Alternatively, a ring/pinion gearbox could be designed to let the pinion rotate on one axis without issue. I assume they used a rack/pinion setup with u-joints.
I’m sure moving the entire Dashboard and every cable going there is a great idea
I don’t think there is much cabling in the dashboard of that 1970s exotic.
I’d bet the gauges and dash are still in the vehicle.
Wouldn’t that be mechanically driven from this era?
Yea, speedo would be a spinning steel wire in a sheath, everything else possibly be electric (tach, oil pressure/sensor, if it even had that).
Oil pressure was actually an air tube, and coolant temp was a copper pipe. You had to be careful not to kink them or your gauges wouldn’t work.
Though the 70s was the transition away from that late 60s tech.
A lot of it was still analog, which is so much worse. You’d still have the basics, speed, ignition, engine temp, oil, alternator (?), RPM, light switches.
Edit: steering wheel…
That seems to be part of the steering column? But I’m not sure.
It
liftspivots up.https://vistapointe.net/holden-hurricane.html
Oh shit, that’s a Holden? I was expecting a European brand.
Yeah how tf are they able to move the steering wheel like that?!
Universal joints, which steering columns already have. Just need one that’s in the right spot with the necessary range of motion.
Alternatively, a ring/pinion gearbox could be designed to let the pinion rotate on one axis without issue.
I assume they used a rack/pinion setup with u-joints.