North Florida 289 Build, #10306

[Chainsaw]

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Soooooo, I was working on installing the Russ Thompson turn signal hardware and opening up the steering shaft hole in the dash. After doing so, I realized that the FIA 289 dash won't work as it is cut from FFR. When centered on the pre-cut hole, the larger steering shaft hole makes the dash sit too high on the DS, such that the tach and left-most gauge won't fit under the hoop. The turn signal/high beam indicators are now sitting in the hoop. Also, the bezels for the gauges and the RT mod interfere, so I can't open up the hole any more in the vertical. The speedo fit was marginal with the hoop already, so I can't move that side up. At least part of this is on me, for sure, as I didn't imagine things would be this far out of whack.
I can see where things need to move, so I'll be calling FFR for a blank dash here shortly. Yeehaw.

[Zach Bohn]

Would it work if you did not use the collar?