Well, that post was from July 4th and today is July 25 - I figured just a couple of days to wrap everything up - not even!
Try as I could to find a home for my Sirius radio, it just wasn’t possible. The only spot was in the dash. So after some careful measurements, I cut the dash for the radio mounting box; after securing the mounting box, the radio locks into the box
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The piece I cutout:
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The rectangular holes was supposed to be for the Door Ajar warning light and Fasten Seat Belt reminder
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There was no place in the dash area to use these BUT I could use some round ones I bought for the 47 project, After modifying a junk ignition switch, the Fasten Seat Belt light fit in the OEM bezel perfectly. I can’t get the Door Ajar pic to load, but you get the idea. I drilled out where the high beam light is located on the 66 Barracuda dash
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Of course I needed to run the wiring for these lights. I had been checking and double checking even triple checking all the wiring to make sure everything went where it was supposed to go and every circuit was protected by a fuse or circuit breaker.View attachment 1715771379
Besides the Always Hot and hot in Run/Accessory, theres a separate fuse panel inside the glove box for 4 specialized circuits (turn signals/back up lights, hazard circuit, radio illumination and chime
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The good news is the harness is now wrapped with the non-sticky harness tape!!
View attachment 1715771378 I’ve still got to paint the defroster vents to match the upper dash and the center speaker cover. Once all this is done, time to install the cluster, radio and outer speakers then bag it up and put it in storage till time to install it as a unit. Getting closer!
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