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 The next phase in our S71 Dash Re-Do was to powdercoat the new face with Eastwood's Wrinkle Black powder coat, and the look matches the factory plastic dash pattern perfectly. Then we mapped out where to place our two remaining gauges, which meant we had to move the stock radio location over a little. We made another steel faceplate for that area designed to hold the volt meter and a newer style "DIN" sized head unit.
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 The stock dash face in our 1971 Olds "S71" project wasn't going to work for us. First off, the dash didn't have adequate instrumentation... it only had "idiot" lights for crucial items like oil pressure and temperature. Second, the dash just didn't look right with the 3-hole configuration and wood grain. So we decided to make a new dash face and load it with Auto Meter Ultra Lite gauges we obtained from the YearOne Speed Shop. We like large gauges, which made fitting them a trick, but we like the asymmetric look. We installed the silver faced 2 1/16" fuel gauge in the left lower corner, then added a 2 5/8" Water Temp gauge next, then a 3 3/8" Speedo and Tach, and finally a 2 5/8" oil pressure gauge. We're still adding a boost gauge and a volt meter to the hole left by the original ashtray, but that comes later. After measuring the size of the face, we plasma cut some 18 gage steel for the panel, and used Blair Holcutters and the HTP Plasma Cutter to make our holes. Tap Magic cutting fluid keeps the cutters sharp on the drill press. The last items to add will be the turn signal and high-beam indicators, and then we'll powdercoat the whole face with Eastwood's Wrinkle Black so the gauges "pop".
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 Steve Strope and the Pure Vision Design crew came up with a new twist on the wildly popular 1969 Dodge Charger. This one is called the 515GTB, and it revolves around a story of a fictitious owner who built the car in a European race shop. There are many surprises ranging from the all aluminum driveline to the right hand drive conversion. Only Strope could explain it all, and here's his take on this outstanding Mopar.
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 Here's a bunch of random car photos we shot at the SEMA show... they're in no particular order, kind of like the show itself! We really liked the blue Chevelle with the brushed trim. Of course, there were plenty of Camaros on hand, and this year, Sony brought out the ECTO-1 from Ghostbusters. They claim it's the original from the film. It might take a minute to load 'em all, so please be patient. Enjoy!
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 The Royal Purple booth at this year's SEMA show was jammed with people checking out a new supercharged Pontiac G8 GT pulling a matching Chris Craft Lancer GT concept boat. Both machines showed off bright red exteriors with matching beige leather, gauge treatments, silver stripes, exhaust treatments, and wheels. The combination is exactly what you'd want to see parked in your driveway ready for a summer's day of driving and boating in high-style. The G8 GT's 6.0 V8 features a new Magnuson supercharger and upgrades to tow the boat with ease. We talked with Chris Craft VP of Engineering Bob Greenburg and GM Powertrain rep Brian Shipman about the projects.
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 Here are some shots of the S71 Olds project's body being mounted back on the frame. We used a YearOne body mount hardware and bushing kit to make the body sit properly on the frame and to replace all the old, crusty bushings. Click Read More for the pictures.
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