Centre Console - Classic Ford

CFTech
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Using a body hammer we made some slight
adjustments to both mounting flanges until the
piece fitted perfectly in the car. Using the hammer
kept the bend nice and tight.
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You can mount just about anything in the console,
but we have opted for a battery kill switch and
some simple toggle switches. So decide where
they are going and mark the position for the holes.
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We need to drill three holes for the switches and a
1 inch hole for the kill switch. Once drilled, de-burr
the holes and then trial fit all the hardware.
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We decided to make a small bracket to put an
external pull cable on the kill switch, this was just a
small diamond shape bent in half and braced. Once
welded we cleaned it up with the grinder.
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Here you can see the bracket better, along with the
M8 nut we welded in place which will house the
adjuster, similar to the ones found on your old pedal
bike on the brake lever.
Sadly I couldn’t find an adjuster so decided to make
my own from an M8 allen head bolt, I simply drilled
down the centre with a one-eighth drill bit to allow
the cable to go through it.
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Here you can see how it all goes together after
everything has had a lick of paint. The cable
goes to the outside of the car allowing a
marshal to kill the electrical system and so shut
down the car in the event of an accident.
Next
Month
spare wheel
mount
And here it is in the car and I reckon it looks pretty
good. They can be made to fit just about any car,
and if you are lucky you will be able to use some of
the original fixings on the dash to mount it.
112 January 2009