1966 Chateau Slate L78 Chevelle

[OneStopRestoration]

Fought with the carpet on the weekend. I wish ACC would give more material on the front edge by the drivers toe board, and a little extra on the sides would be nice too. This particular one I bought took no trimming on the sides and had to be centered in order to not have any uncovered areas.

I reinstalled the original console. Top plates were sent off for rechrome. They look perfect with the fresh chrome. Re flocked the console compartment and have the original rubber surround for the shift hole for 66. Clock is a quartz conversion I did myself this time around. I also struggled with the poor engineering in 66 for the harness. Seems in 66 they expected the line worker to route the console harness up the carpet to the back of the heater box where a short harness resides from the back of the heater up and behind the firewall to the dash. I know from doing 67s they changed this and made the in between harness long enough to reach the console. Im always surprised to find the small changes year to year or even through the model year

Finally got the original tach put back in. I really didnt do much here. Cleaned the face and redid the needle, and painted the yellow and redline areas. Chrome was sent out and it looks very nice.