'71 GT Interior coming together Options

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With help from many of you and the expert fabrication of Chris Foley from Tangerine Racing, the conversion of my 1971-6 GT clone interior is well underway. Next up is the wiring cut over, which won't be easy but I'll post later on that rat nest of issues.

Chris built the roll bar, and harness mounts, fabricated the fuel gauge mount and battery cut off mount and welded in the column (thanks to Mark Epstien for bracket and Tom Bulter for help)

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​All systems are now nearly ready to go.

Yesterday I wired in the battery cut off. The PO located it in the frunk, which was awkward to access with hood pins. He also ran the battery cable down the right side of the passenger seat and it interfered with the seat lever. I moved it next to the tunnel harness, along with the wires for the seat heaters. Now I have an easily reached cut off, and an added security key!

I struggled with the wiring but found my way through with some great help from 914World members and a handful of blown fuses. I know it looks horrible, but everything works properly and I'll sort it nicely before returning the harness to the dash. I'm waiting on a new turn signal switch (I discovered this one was broken after a lot of work to plumb it into my harness X!!!!) Then a little painting, insulation and carpets. It should all be buttoned up in a week or so for some spring drives.

Extra credit if you can identify the original car's color.