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Old 03-23-2003, 10:31 AM
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At Last!!!Aluminium Interior Pics

Its finally finished.All this aluminium has been machined from plate and round bar.Hope you like it,It took me bloody ages!!!!!!
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WOW, that looks great man. I wish i had the pactience to do that
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wow that is one beautiful car. you do all that aluminum work yourself?
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Wow. When you mentioned doing that project all that time ago I wasn't sure what you were talking about. Or how it would turn out. I like it. I think that's great. BTW what steering wheel is that? I have never seen it before. I like it. Good work all around.
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Holy sheet!

That looks stunning PM..
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Very very very nice car. Great worksmanship on the aluminum as well. outstanding!
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what kind of steerign wheel is that?
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Yes it was all made from scratch.
Steering wheel is a Momo .

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Whats behind your shifter? It looks like 2 buttons maybe?

BTW - Looks awesome!
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That looks great, and so does the car. What type of rime are those?
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The switches behind the shifter are billet electric window switches.The mirror switch is reccessed into the centre console underneath the armrests.
wheels are from www.imagewheels.co.uk
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Absolutely superb! That is a really, really clean car!
Now I know why you asked me if I had a mirror switch "plate". Should have guessed you were removing the switch!

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wow nice looking!
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Originally posted by powermite
The switches behind the shifter are billet electric window switches.The mirror switch is reccessed into the centre console underneath the armrests.
wheels are from www.imagewheels.co.uk
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I've looked at the picture of billet switches, they are really nice. Where did you source them from?
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Switches came from www.electric-life.com in Chicago

Thanks for all your kind words

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sweet car man!! those rims look good what are they? good job on the interior also...gives me an idea.
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Are those metal rings around your guages too? or are they painted.

Looks incredible!
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Its all aluminium.I made the trim rings to fit snugly into the recesses.No need even to stick them in ,they are just a tight fit.
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Undoubtedly one of the finer Firebirds around, worldwide. Extremely tasteful. Congratulations on a superb execution!
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Fabulous work! Are they hard to make? I'm thinking you could make a killing on those if you decided to sell them. I know I'd be interested.
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good work! what seats do you have in there?
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superb work, my friend! Looks terrific.......
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Nice work, very clean looking! I'm surprised no one mentioned the shifter ****, anywhere specific you got that? Looks good and compliments everything well. It fit the megashifter without any problems? Wheels look sharp too. Nice car, keep up the good work. Any under the hood shots? later
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Wow, that looks great. I love the aluminum bezels around the guages.
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that looks outstanding! i never saw a firebird dash i like more than the camaro dash, but that changes my mind
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I love the trim around the gauges. I've been planning on doing that in the IROC for a while, but somebody beat me to it.

Care to share how you made them? Did you turn them on a lathe, or have them spun?
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Wow, very impressive! Got any good high rez pics of your car? I could use a new desktop pic....
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I was just thinking of that the otherday and I was even measuring my console peices to get metal plates made! I know that I should go ahead and do it! Looks amazing!
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freaking beautiful man
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I always thought the firebird dash looked better in the the thirdgen then the camaro, and well you have just added to my opinion.

I love what you have done to your dash.
Good job.
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Wow, thats stunning! Not only does it fit in with the interior, but the quality of the job is amazing. It doesn't look out of place, or aftermarket. Very nice job. The seats fit in very well with the interior. Is that the updated interior of the 90+ or are they aftermarket?

But I gotta damn ya. Now you've gone and made me jeleous of you and I want to do that to my interior!
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A beautiful interior for an even more beautiful thirdgen. I would be very interested in having some bezels like that for my guages, but since you said it took a Bloody long time, I think I could do without it.

The finish and quality is very excellent. If I had tried that myslelf it would look like . . . . .


Hmmmm, maybe a company can develop some bezels, that would be really cool. They would have at least one buyer.
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very nice job, i like your seats too
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Are those covering the existing plastic parts? Also, how thick was the aluminum?
ps. :hail: nice job!!
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Looking good Powermite, hope to see the car in person this summer

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Very Nice!! What year/make is that center console? Looks alot smoother than the stock camaro console.
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Wow, that's one beautiful car...I love it, all around.
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Eveything you have done to your T/A is so tasteful! I love it! Especially the trim rings around the gauges.

Leave it to the Europeans to take our ******* machines and make them look pretty slick with their ideas.
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yeah...it looks real sharp in there powermite
I like the bezels the most - it would be neat if a company made them

the steering wheel was a nice choice - flows with the interior perfectly
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Where can I get one of those steering wheels? That thing is bad ***. Matt
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Gorgeous car Powermite! Great work on the interior, VERY nice!!!!
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Nice wheel!
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Hey Guys,
Thanks so much for the compliments.
Just to answer a few questions;

The steering wheel and gear **** are both Momo items.
The seats are from Cobra UK but you can get them in the US.
None of the original plastic is used on the radio surround and centre console plate.Its all made from 6 mm thick aluminium and then a 3 mm recess is machined underneath so it sits down level with the top of the console.
Those parts took a few weeks to get right but the trim rings only took a day or so.
The console itself is a standard 85 Transam one.

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how bout selling me a set of the dash rings?
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I like it. Looks incredible.
Wheels are very nice too. Who makes them and what size are they?
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that looks badass man, i love your interior, but is that also a nitrous gauge i see on the left of the pictures thats looking at everything. if so what shot are you running? again looks sweet as hell.


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