Mechanical or electronic gauges

[Bill Holley]

when i did my bucket, i welded 1/4" ss bolts at various locations on the frame. for the inside ground stuff, my fire wall was made up of 2 pc's of 1/2" plywood so not to screw threw the firewall to the outside. keeping the front clean.. i affixed a terminal strip for grounds to the inside firewall.
i'm glad u got an elect speedo.. they are fairly easy to do a cal, vs doing gear changes on the mechanical one's.
another thing i did was run all my exterior wire through the floor at the right front corner. under the body i installed disconnects, in case i wanted to
pull the body for any reason.. just unplug 3 plugs and that's it.. i don't like fuse box under the seat's for when (not if) u get caught in the rain it don't flood.

[Jgard]

I received some great feedback. I like the idea of some dedicated plugs to make it easy to pull body off. I have been wondering what the best way to tackle that was. If anyone has some pics of where they put the plugs to make it easy to remove body I would love to see.

Thanks for the ideas!!

[rbsWELDER]

when i did my bucket, i welded 1/4" ss bolts at various locations on the frame.

Bill,

I am a beginner welder. I did not know you could weld SS to steel. Any tips?

[winfield scott]

Mark use 309 ss fill rod works well with dissimilar metals.

[rbsWELDER]

Thanks Windy!

[Bill Holley]

i used the trailer plugs... 3 and 4 wire.. just make sure if u use 2 of the same plugs to reverse them, body side will have a male and female, no getting mixed up then..just do a little research and u'll find better one's if u want. i also use electrical goop to keep the elements out.. did not have any problems for 10 yrs.. sold it 4 yrs ago and i keep in touch with new owner.. he and his wife love the car.

[Rolla Hessel]

There are weather tight plugs available in 1-6 wire configurations. They are available at most auto parts stores and definitely worth the money.

[Jgard]

I really like the plugs and have the ease of removing body and no wire hassles. Thanks.

[chasracer]

I am not going to knock running a ground cable directly back to the battery but I have been grounding to the frame on cars for a very long time and with no issues to speak about. I normally weld a few 3/8" bolts here and there on the frame to serve as grounding points and I make sure that I put "star" washers on each of those connections. I also make up my own battery cables that use 2/0 welding cable, home-made copper connections and are soldered/shrinkwrapped in place. On drag cars, moving the battery to rear is a popular option and the way I do it works very well.