'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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I tied up the wiring and reinstalled the gauges and dash knee pad. Took a good long test drive with the fire extinguisher close at hand. My son took a good turn at the wheel and gave his approval. Everything worked great. Waiting on a new fog light switch (my one wiring casualty).

One nit. The dash facia material does not quite run low enough on the drivers side to close the gap to the knee pad. Everything is snugged up. It was a new piece from 914Rubber that I installed according to Ian Karr's video. Anyone know why? I suppose I can build up the knee pad with some material to hide this gap. Not a huge deal but given the time I've put into this conversion I'd like to address it.

Also, I need a sticker for my windshield wiper. The set is crazy expensive. Is there a good source for picking this up?

Last step to treat the floor. I'll paint the roll bar when I have the seats out as well as the battery cut off box. Then insulation and carpets.

BTW, this was my first drive with the top in the trunk. The sound of the exhaust and the bird calls mixing was super on a nice warm evening. And the car felt very solid. Loving the Targa!