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Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior?
Posted By: Anonymous
Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 10:20 PM
maybe it's the italian in me but i need a clean and neat interior.
i just ripped out everything in my cockpit and putting in everything new. from carpet to headliner to seat covers.
anyone else anal as myself?
Posted By: B G Racing
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 10:27 PM
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maybe it's the italian in me but i need a clean and neat interior.
i just ripped out everything in my cockpit and putting in everything new. from carpet to headliner to seat covers.
anyone else anal as myself?
No,your all alone 
I'am certainly not anal,but I did just get new A-990 door panels for a couple of my 65s and put all new rug and headliner in one. 
Posted By: ramcharger1964
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 10:41 PM
I completely agree
Nothing screams cool louder than a simple, understated, clean interior on a racecar! WHile it is nice (and sometimes necessary) to have several gauges and switches - I think it takes away from the classiness of the car itself. Plus there are a lot of people who try to "compensate" power by making their interior look like the cockpit of stealth fighter.
I put all my switches under the dash - out of sight and my gauges are mounted in a cluster that has a single quick connect coupling and is held in place by the stock heater box screws. 30 seconds and it's all gone.........
Posted By: ramcharger1964
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 10:54 PM
It also drives me crazy to see a real nice, rare Mopar with a completely cut up dash filled with "new" aftermarket gauges and such
Maybe it's just me but I would do almost anything to avoid drilling even the smallest hole in my car.
Posted By: MR_P_BODY
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 11:04 PM
My whole interior is aluminum but come spring I'm going
to carpet the interior and install a fiberglass dash
Posted By: BloFish
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 11:16 PM
I agree, it must be clean and sharp
Posted By: REHBERGERRACING
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 11:24 PM
Same here. Hate the gutted look. Factory dash, door panels & carpet!
Posted By: Chad Bittle
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 11:40 PM
headliner is a must....dad's car in August feels like your a human baked potato.
Posted By: moparacer
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/04/09 11:45 PM
I figure I wont worry about it until I am 70 and start taking my cars to car shows.
Every once in awhile I clean the old time slips and dirty shop towels out of it and if I am really felling froggy I might blow the dust out of it with compressed air.......
Never had a win light come on in my lane because of a nice interior!
Posted By: hemi-itis
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/05/09 01:01 AM
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I completely agree Nothing screams cool louder than a simple, understated, clean interior on a racecar! WHile it is nice (and sometimes necessary) to have several gauges and switches - I think it takes away from the classiness of the car itself. Plus there are a lot of people who try to "compensate" power by making their interior look like the cockpit of stealth fighter. .........
HAY!!!!!!!!!!I resemble that remark 
Posted By: Stanton
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/05/09 01:22 AM
I figure a racecar is a racecar and a ratrod is a ratrod and never the trains shall meat or sumthin like that!
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/05/09 02:27 AM
yup full interior for us!
lets see a picture of your ride quick nick!!
casey
Posted By: Chad Bittle
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/05/09 02:32 AM
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yup full interior for us!
lets see a picture of your ride quick nick!!
casey
I about crapped when I saw the inside of that car at Norwalk. The way that thing performs and looking like that is awesome.
Posted By: hemi-itis
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/05/09 02:35 AM
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yup full interior for us!
lets see a picture of your ride quick nick!!
casey
I about crapped when I saw the inside of that car at Norwalk. The way that thing performs and looking like that is awesome.
Yup,I hear that car is killer in the 10 oh class 
Posted By: ro23car
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/06/09 10:52 PM
here is mine
Posted By: n20mstr
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/06/09 10:59 PM
Posted By: codfish
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 12:42 AM
Nice Guys.
I'm not as fast as most here, but I'm knockin on the 10's. Hopefully next season.
Here's my interior.
codfish
Posted By: proshiftcharger
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 01:44 AM
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yup full interior for us!
lets see a picture of your ride quick nick!!
casey
Awesome full interior pics.
Lets see some pics of yours Quick Nick.
Posted By: 69CHARGERMD
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 01:51 AM
I put a headliner in the Belvedere....looks much nicer now...
Also put new front and rear door panels in....
Posted By: Monte_Smith
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 02:49 AM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 04:23 AM
OK Monty,
How do you sing "Tach it up, Tach it up.... Buddy now I shut you down" without a tach in the car?
Recenty discovered version of said song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha-2WxI9drw&feature=related
Posted By: Triple Threat
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 08:00 AM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach?
My situations a bit different, but, I use mine for staging RPM (no 2 step), to see what RPM I'm turning through the lights, To see how fast I'm going down the road (no speedo). I'm sure there are more reasons, those are just a few off the top of my head. Very good point though, not a whole lot of reason for one in many applications.
Posted By: B G Racing
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 08:40 AM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
Good question,since about 99% of all race cars have one.Some use them some don't.They serve there purpose for many racers for shifting by rpm or activate the shift light or review the run and high rpm.Believe it or not one of our guys,Div-1,Iron Man,#8 in the country IHRA A/S AA/S Britt Mizia drives by his tach.There are thousands of racers that still race with the basics.Not everyone has all top tech.But I guess since you don't use one we are all dumb butts for having them Lets all toss them and follow the Pied Piper
Posted By: rickstershemi
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 11:10 AM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
Didn't have a tach in the altered, but do have one in the roadster....I only use it to ck my t-stop rpm and trap rpm on recall...wish it was a play-back or better yet a racepak....I also had tachs in my foot-brake cars, but that was back in the day and the only way I could have a shift light....next dedicated track car will get a racepak or equivalent 
Rickster
Posted By: JERICOGTX
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 11:44 AM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
My GTX has a tach, oil pressure gauge, and water temp, and that is it, but the Road Runner isn't getting a tach, just a mini shift light that has been painted the factory interior color. It looks better, and is lighter...
Jeff
Posted By: MR_P_BODY
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 12:00 PM
Didn't have a tach in the altered, but do have one in the roadster....I only use it to ck my t-stop rpm and trap rpm on recall...wish it was a play-back or better yet a racepak....I also had tachs in my foot-brake cars, but that was back in the day and the only way I could have a shift light....next dedicated track car will get a racepak or equivalent
Rickster
I have a tach also for 2 reasons.... I set the idle
when I tune it and was the way to have a shift light
(at the time when purchased).... when I change out
the dash this winter I most likely will not put it
back in...... but ya never know
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 12:47 PM
just finished my interior last night. simple gauges, going 11.95 on G70-15's red line goodyears and stock exhaust manifolds.
Posted By: ro23car
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 01:35 PM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
ok after great deliberation while i was on the throne.the only awnser i have is that it was in the car when i bought it
Posted By: RAT PATROL
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 03:07 PM
Simple.
Posted By: Al_Alguire
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 03:18 PM
here is the Valiant. Not quite 100% finished in this picture but you get the idea.
Posted By: Monte_Smith
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 04:29 PM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
Good question,since about 99% of all race cars have one.Some use them some don't.They serve there purpose for many racers for shifting by rpm or activate the shift light or review the run and high rpm.Believe it or not one of our guys,Div-1,Iron Man,#8 in the country IHRA A/S AA/S Britt Mizia drives by his tach.There are thousands of racers that still race with the basics.Not everyone has all top tech.But I guess since you don't use one we are all dumb butts for having them Lets all toss them and follow the Pied Piper
Bob, you need to lighten up and quit giving me crap. It was asked jokingly. I know some people actually use them, but most never look at it. I don't care if your car looks like a jet fighter. If thats what you like, do it. As I said, it was just posed as a kind of "huh, good question" type thing. Not everything should be taken literally. Lighten up.
I used to have a slew of gauges in my car, but when it saw no more street duty and I put it on a diet, I decided to take them out, because I never look at them going down the track anyway. I had an old school racer ask me why I needed a tach, since I had an air shifter. Made sense to me, so I took it out and never missed it.
Monte
Posted By: B G Racing
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 04:42 PM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
Good question,since about 99% of all race cars have one.Some use them some don't.They serve there purpose for many racers for shifting by rpm or activate the shift light or review the run and high rpm.Believe it or not one of our guys,Div-1,Iron Man,#8 in the country IHRA A/S AA/S Britt Mizia drives by his tach.There are thousands of racers that still race with the basics.Not everyone has all top tech.But I guess since you don't use one we are all dumb butts for having them Lets all toss them and follow the Pied Piper
Bob, you need to lighten up and quit giving me crap. It was asked jokingly. I know some people actually use them, but most never look at it. I don't care if your car looks like a jet fighter. If thats what you like, do it. As I said, it was just posed as a kind of "huh, good question" type thing. Not everything should be taken literally. Lighten up
Monte
Chill out Monte,I'am just busting your balls a little all in jest and humor.You know I have the utmost respect for your knowledge and we have bantered back and forth before.As I said in the other post I was filling in for SSR Some of your boys from YB said to stroke you a little There was nothing interesting going on at 3:AM this morning,couldn't get a rise out of anyone not even HemiFred. 
Posted By: proshiftcharger
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 04:49 PM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
Lets all toss them and follow the Pied Piper
Bob,
I thought you were the Pied Piper, I followed you out of town and kept looking over my shoulder wondering why the line of farm animals was getting longer and longer. 
Doug
Posted By: B G Racing
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 04:56 PM
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Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
Lets all toss them and follow the Pied Piper
Bob,
I thought you were the Pied Piper, I followed you out of town and kept looking over my shoulder wondering why the line of farm animals was getting longer and longer.
Doug
Doug,why follow?You and Bob could have joined the party."what goes on in those back hill tracks stay there"Or were you afraid those animals would recognize you,those wood are your back yard. 
Posted By: RobR
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/07/09 05:14 PM
The Clean look for me...I've never had a tach in my X and that's over 30 years now...I just put oil and temp gauges in 4 years ago and I really don't care for that look either...just too lazy to take them out.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 08:44 PM
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 08:46 PM
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 08:49 PM
new headliner installed, got a new gold/fawn steering wheel, rear seat package tray and new A990 seats recovered.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 08:56 PM
Posted By: 5126brl No more
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 09:02 PM
I like the stock look of that Butterscotch A12 Bee myself!
Posted By: chryco
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 09:47 PM
Don`t know how mine qualifies ?
Posted By: 5126brl No more
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 09:50 PM
Y2 thats even worse!
Ip address issue belongs to someone else
Posted By: 5126brl No more
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 10:06 PM
I sold them a few years ago with the original Spare tire.
One loser on this forum is still a cry baby over it because he did not step up for the price!
How's the choke working
Posted By: 5126brl No more
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 10:43 PM
Only ones dated 5-13 I know a real
that is looking for some. I may need to find him some
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 11:06 PM
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/12/09 11:07 PM
Posted By: blown572dart
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/13/09 02:31 AM
Posted By: 77DragracerR/T
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/13/09 03:50 PM
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I like the liquor despensers beside you....LOL
Super Clean though!
very very nice, no carpet??
Posted By: 77DragracerR/T
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/13/09 04:34 PM
I keep mine looking close to stock inside but does need new carpet.
Posted By: BEEQUIK
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/14/09 01:35 AM
Here was mine in red ...
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/14/09 02:31 AM
here's a bone stock interior with back seat, just a few gauges and roll cage added.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/14/09 02:33 AM
back seat area, pretty nostalgic.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/14/09 05:11 AM
Last one for tonight.
Posted By: orangeduster
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/15/09 02:38 AM
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maybe it's the italian in me but i need a clean and neat interior.
i just ripped out everything in my cockpit and putting in everything new. from carpet to headliner to seat covers.
anyone else anal as myself?
Posted By: Kam*Kuda
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/15/09 03:00 AM
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Here was mine in red ...
I just love that interior
Posted By: SCATPACK 1
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/15/09 03:13 AM
Monte I was pitted next to Butch Leal at an IHRA race in Dallas in '72 and he did not use a tach in his Duster pro Stock car. Did not have one in the car which is what made me ask him about it. Said he shifted by ear.
What a character.
Posted By: Hutch
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/15/09 06:52 AM
Fairly simple for a race car.
Posted By: Anonymous
Post deleted by Defbob - 12/15/09 03:28 PM
Posted By: HEMI472
Re: Who likes a clean new Race Car Interior? - 12/15/09 04:05 PM
Got a question for you. Why ya got a tach, really, why does anybody have a tach? I see you have an air shifter, so you are not likely watching the tach and even guys with no air shifter, still have a shift light, so why does anybody need a tach. You set the idle by where it sounds right, not really a number. Just wondering. I never ran a tach in my car and when I ask most other guys, they really dont have a good answer. I only had a temp and oil pressure gauge in mine.
Monte
i was going to take my tach out also but what happens if i get to the track and the air shifter brakes? at least with the tach i can run the car and shift it with the tach.what are you going to do shift it by ear?
