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Electrical Interior Project Trans Am

Project Trans Am for March 2013 – Insulation Completed, Focusing on the Interior and Wiring

March has been a productive month! The cabin is now fully insulated (minus the doors) and many other interior details are starting to come together! Insulation Completed Not much to go into detail about, but I have pictures, so check them out! Carpet Installed Carpet is a little tricky to install, but as long as […]

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Project Trans Am for February 2013 – Intermediate Shaft, Floor Shifter and Dashboard

February was one very busy month, the amount of time I got in the garage shows. Sorry only one picture this month. Intermediate Shaft Painted On the second week of February we had one of those 49 degree winter days, so I used the opportunity to paint the intermediate shaft. It came out excellent. I […]

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Project Trans Am for January 2013 – Dashboard, Interior and Stereo Speakers

This month was not as productive as I had hoped due to my New Media Expo / CES trip for work. I did get some things done though! Interior Insulation and Deadener I’ve been slowly installing the sound deadener and insulation into the car. Here are the latest pictures. The deadener is done. As for […]

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Project Trans Am for December 2012 – Insulation, HVAC and Wiring

With the Christmas holiday and all the weekend road trips to visit family I didn’t get much done this month. Insulation I have about 75% of the insulation and sound deadener installed so far (not including the doors, which I plan on insulating in the summer). Firewall and HVAC I got the AC Delete installed! […]

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Project Trans Am for November 2012 – Gas Tank, Rear Tail Panel, and Passenger Compartment

It’s been another slow and steady month working on the Trans Am. It feels like I haven’t achieved much this month, but referring to my TODO list I’ve knocked out a lot of stuff. Passenger Compartment I’ve done a lot of work preparing the passenger compartment for the Interior. I removed surface rust on the […]

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Bench Testing Fuel/Gas Gauge

You just got some gauges at a swap-meet but you don’t know if they work? What do you do next? Test them! The fuel gauge in most pre-digital cars work by pointing a needle within a sweep range on a gauge based on variable resistance through  variable resister in the fuel tank.  This resistance measured […]