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Went to the shop about 8:30 tonight, and worked until 3:30 AM, my Son was there working on his '29, so it was nice to have someone else there after the goofiness last night. At least we didn't have to shoot anyone.


Did some more work on the dash wiring. I am really glad I decided to do this while the body is off, there would be no way to do it after it was mounted on the frame. My '27 was bad enough, but the underdash area on that one is huge compared to the '23. There is almost not enough room for the components I need to put there for the electrical system. Most T buckets have the wiring under the seat, but I want my seats to be almost at floor level, so that ruled out putting the components there.

I used a "Riv-nut" tool my Son had bought to fasten the aluminum strip to the underside of the dash. If some of you have never seen one of these, they are very similar to a pop rivet except the pop rivet has threads inside so you can put a machine screw into them. They come in all different sizes (#8. # 10, 1/4 inch, etc.) and I used a # 10 size as this will be strong enough.

Here is a picture of what the riv-nut looks like after you use the tool to install it into a hole you drill. You can use them to mount all kinds of stuff to things like frame rails, and other places where you can't get behind to put on a nut.