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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm sure moving the entire Dashboard and every cable going there is a great idea

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I don't think there is much cabling in the dashboard of that 1970s exotic.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’d bet the gauges and dash are still in the vehicle.

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be mechanically driven from this era?

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yea, speedo would be a spinning steel wire in a sheath, everything else possibly be electric (tach, oil pressure/sensor, if it even had that).

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

Oil pressure was actually an air tube, and coolant temp was a copper pipe. You had to be careful not to kink them or your gauges wouldn’t work.

Though the 70s was the transition away from that late 60s tech.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

A lot of it was still analog, which is so much worse. You'd still have the basics, speed, ignition, engine temp, oil, alternator (?), RPM, light switches.

Edit: steering wheel...

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That seems to be part of the steering column? But I'm not sure.

[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Oh shit, that's a Holden? I was expecting a European brand.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah how tf are they able to move the steering wheel like that?!

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Universal joints, which steering columns already have. Just need one that's in the right spot with the necessary range of motion.

Image from link above

Alternatively, a ring/pinion gearbox could be designed to let the pinion rotate on one axis without issue.

I assume they used a rack/pinion setup with u-joints.