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New Dash for track car - Guys i'm disappointed

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:59 pm
by pablo
As Herbie is having a heart transplant we thought we might as well give him a makeover as well :grin:

Take a look at what got delivered to my house today :o

You'll never believe what it cost :?:

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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:51 pm
by JonnyR
Are furry dashboards making a come back?! :-D

Just need leopard print seat covers and a chain link steering wheel.....

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:12 am
by pablo
This is for a purpose built track car not a part time show, part time track car. If it serves no benefit to the performance of the car or the enjoyment of driving the car then it has no place on our car.
If it was good enough for race and rally cars of the 80's then it's good enough for our car, a car of the 80's.
I would much rather spend money on track time than on tarting the car up, we built the car to a simple ideal, if we bin it we're not going to cry about it just build another one.

A little less show and a bit more go...
Walking the walk is what it's about

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:32 am
by RX7
How many grey squirrels died in the making of that dashboard ?!!!!!? :)
Just kidding mate.

It looks good, although functional it probably looks a whole load better than the plastic you have in there at the mo !!!

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:16 am
by ScoobieWRX
Flocking hell!!! :o

Oh well.....i suppose if you get overtaken by too many lesser powered cars you could always stroke it for stress relief :lol:

Actually i'm only jealous, i think my dash would look really good flocked and much better than the cheapo plastic that's in it now.

Nice one!! :thumb:

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:42 am
by Gerry H
pablo wrote:This is for a purpose built track car not a part time show, part time track car. If it serves no benefit to the performance of the car or the enjoyment of driving the car then it has no place on our car.

I would much rather spend money on track time than on tarting the car up, we built the car to a simple ideal, if we bin it we're not going to cry about it just build another one.

A little less show and a bit more go...
Walking the walk is what it's about

What a great statement, nicely put Pablo. :)

But you're too diplomatic. 'Feck Off' would have done :D

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:32 pm
by pablo
The problem is snobery anything for a sierra to do with motorsport is usually marked up as RS or Cossie this has the effect of doubling the price :o If you scrol through ebay you can find sierra headlights

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:29 pm
by Gerry H
I saw the 'cheap'

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:41 am
by pablo
Guys i'm disappointed :wink:

Has Alan done such a good job that no one noticed that he has also moved the 2 front air vents from the front of the dash and relocated them to the top of the dash. Oh and these will be fully functional to improve demisting when driving in the rain 8)

Like I said it's all about functionality :grin: :grin:

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:23 am
by RX7
Sorry mate I've never been in a Sierra so wouldnt know where they were supposed to be.

Good job though :thumb: