Interior Controls

[jon@harrison.ne]

When I built my 289 slabside (http://www.centechwire.com/catalog/kitcars/index.html) I spent a lot of time researching the dash details. Except for the horn (VW) all the electrical controls are Ford (1960 Fairlane or early Falcon).The heater switch is a Falcon but it seems they cut of the choke cable since there was no heater water valve (I put one in and used the knob control to turn off the water to the heater-nice in the summer).The high beam and charge indicator light are Ford,although I think the turn signal indicators might be Lucas. The guages are SW,similar to the current "Deluxe" style.Of course the clock is from a 62 Galaxie. The biggest difference in the guages is the lettering on the tach and speedo-the font is bolder.I elected to overlook this (altho they can still be found at a price) to have new guages. The glove box knob and latch I turned out on my lathe from a template I made from a friends original car. It's funny that when I started looking into all of this this people would say that "they were all different-Shelby put in whatever happened to be available at the time". I quickly interpreted this to mean they didn't know altho I'm sure that happened to a couple cars. I have seen at least 10 American 289 slabsides (including one in my small hometown that the owner bought new in 65) and they are all identical).