Brief Description: Sec 41-2 instrument panel final
Finished off the instrument panel mounting today. First off I marked the top edge of the panel even with the top edge of the fowd fuse deck, and then cut and sanded it to match. theres' still some gaps between them that I want to cover with an upholstered 'bumper that will fit over both of these surfaces and should privide a nive cosmetic finish. I made some brackets out of .062 and mounted them to the fuse side skins and to the bottom corners of the instrument panel. put 2 #8 nutplates on each corner of the instrument panel. This thing is rock solid now. I also tied the instrument panel centersection to the top of the center console with 2 #8 nutplates and screws as well. Put a couple of rivets in the old holes on each side of the skin where the old panel cross brace went. the last thing was to fix one of the corners in the pilot panel frame/insert that was about 3/16" too low. A little Bondo and some sanding and that got all 4 corners level.
