Finally get to pretend I am one of the cool kids - Holley kit swap

You guys need to stop giving me ideas, lol. I have some seats out of a Hyundai Genesis I got from a guy a work for free that actually look okay in the car. They have seat belt mounting provisions on them, but since they are just bolted to my floor and my floor is "questionable" as far as strength in an emergency situation, I opted to keep the factory anchors instead of relying on fender washers to keep my seats in place in case of an accident. I could extend my frame connectors to include seat mounting provisions as I've seen others do, but the factory belt points work fine, so figured why change them. I have been debating using the seat belt mount on the passenger seat to mount a cupholder though. I do coffee runs for my wife and I often enough that I have just been keeping a drink carrier from a fast food place behind the passenger seat, but it has tipped over more than once now. Now you have me thinking about a full console instead, lol.

That front panel area is also kind of interesting for the possibilities. If I moved my Raspberry Pi setup down to something like that I could potentially keep the center A/C vent that comes with the Classic Air kit if I ever pull the trigger on that. Would also make it easier to reach for actually operating it. I think I still like the idea of trying to put some vents where the radio normally goes though. Someone already cut mine to a single DIN square opening, but I'm using my Pi setup for audio now, so that's just an empty hole. I had planned to run A/C vents there so I could get them higher up in the car where they have a chance at blowing air on your upper half.

I might have to play with the idea of building my own console out of some wood just to see what it would look like. Could be an interesting side project and would force me to finally clean up my mess of wires I've added since I rebuilt the cabin harness a while back, lol.

I have only 2 must haves for a console, it has to have an arm rest at the same height as the one on the door and it has to have cup holders. BUT...I don't like the cupholders in the Challenger console. When I had my '15 Challenger, I used them but only rarely and usually kept the cup size small (like you can do that anymore) otherwise they interfered with my elbow when I was shifting. I think I sometime used the far right one when when I was alone in the car, but if my wife was with me she used it. I usually put mine in the door and was super careful to move it from the door to the console when I got out so I didn't splatter stuff on the seat/floor when I shut the door. But if the shifter was taller than in the Challenger (I expect it would be), they could still make for a good option. That said, because of my limited requirements I could be ok with a half console that has just the arm rest and some lower cupholders behind the shifter. Time will tell though.

In regards to the AC vents, I wish the A-Body had come with integrated vents. I have thought about using the earlier Dakota center vents in place of the radio, but don't see a great way to integrate vents at the far ends. I've also thought about trying to swap an F-Body dash in since those did come with integrated vents. But since the top of the dash is actually part of the cowl, it would be a real feat. In the end, I plan to use the factory AC vents and plumb whatever system I use into those.

My current plan for a radio is to use a block off plate and create a mount for a floating screen radio or tablet that slips into something in the ashtray area. The idea being that I can dismount the screen and put it under the seat and flip the ashtray door up and make the dash look fairly stock. Also something that time will tell on.

Fun story about cupholders I watched recently while "researching" Vipers. I guess the original Viper didn't come with cupholders because Iacocca was annoyed that the minivan only got awards for the cupholders and not something else. So he didn't want cupholders in the Viper. But I think he missed the point, cupholders are almost revolutionary and a must have (to me) so it says something that the magazines stepped over other things to give an award for the cupholders.