Dash display project

[bucks77ford]

My wife thinks I am nuts, but my son really loves it. I made him a dash display for his bedroom. Ya, it's big but fits right on top of his dresser. It has taken me awhile and I could have spent more time making the box better, but wanted to do it as cheap as I could and use extra stuff I had. I did buy some cheap speakers and the LED lights along with a 12v power pack radio shack. I wasn't going to put a turn signal indicator on, but that was one of the first things my son asked about so I couldn't pass it up. It lights up, radio works and he has functional turn indicator lights. He won't let me screw the center steering wheel pad on yet. He likes to take it off and put it back on...he is repairing things. Ignition switch, wiper switch are dummy switches that he can play with. The lighting works through the headlight switch.







May son stole this out of moms van for his vents.



http://youtu.be/VpwLqnQOkF8

A short video showing that it works. It was like working on my 77 again.

 

[cbaker65]

Man,that is awsome...

No,your not nuts...I seen American restoration do this for someones kid,
eccept it was I think a full scale luv bug.They turned it into a bed.

Great work!...

 

[Sparky83]

you be the coolest dad ever... now ya just gotta find a truck bed to turn into his bed

 

[DNFXDLI]

That is great Buck!!!

 

[m78]

Thats awesome Buck .

 

[fatherdoug]

That is amazing! I bet your son enjoys it. Does the radio have a clock?

I hope the horn doesn't work.......

 

[Big Jim F150]

That's real cool Buck, sounds like there's a budding generation 6 enthusiast, which we all need to get the younger generation into classic car and truck hobby. Sounds like he really enjoys it. I'd say that is really different and clever.

 

[bucks77ford]

Man,that is awsome...

No,your not nuts...I seen American restoration do this for someones kid,
eccept it was I think a full scale luv bug.They turned it into a bed.

Thanks.. I did see that project on American restoration, it was cool. Only if I had a bigger house, I would have put the entire cab in..

Great work!...

Thanks

you be the coolest dad ever... now ya just gotta find a truck bed to turn into his bed

That would be cool

That is great Buck!!!

Thanks Duncan

Thats awesome Buck .

Thanks Mark

That is amazing! I bet your son enjoys it. Does the radio have a clock?

I hope the horn doesn't work.......

Horn doesn't work although I thought about it for a scecond. The radio does have a clock, but it loses memory when I shut down the power down on the power box.

That's real cool Buck, sounds like there's a budding generation 6 enthusiast, which we all need to get the younger generation into classic car and truck hobby. Sounds like he really enjoys it. I'd say that is really different and clever.

He loves old stuff so I hope he keeps up the enthusiasm for it.

 

[Austin]

Adopt me???

 

[Sparky83]

That would be cool

christmas present maybe?? or if his birthday hasnt come along yet could make it a birthday present...

 

[bucks77ford]

Both of them out for a drive...

 

[Sparky83]

hmm better be careful... he might replace the sister with a GF lol

 

[Beach66Bum]

this is so cool!!!! what an awesome idea Buck! what happens when you turn on the wiper switch....

 

[fatherdoug]

The wipers come on!

 

[m78]

this is so cool!!!! what an awesome idea Buck! what happens when you turn on the wiper switch....

Ceiling fan turns on.

 

[Beach66Bum]

The wipers come on!

geez!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[80f150]

That has to be the coolest thing.

 

[bucks77ford]

Ceiling fan turns on.

my son did ask me what I am gonna use for the fan to blow through the vents. I should rig something up to blow through the center vent.

 

[m78]

You should hang a tail gate on the other side of the wall.

 

[Sparky83]

You should hang a tail gate on the other side of the wall.

thatll be on the bed...