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Old May 30, 2002 | 05:26 AM
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My first few mods

Just finished a long evening of work on the Rex. Brand new door seals, new seat covers, new Grant GT steering wheel installed with a new bushing in the steering column, but my favorite is this guy:

I think I outdid myself this time...
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Old May 30, 2002 | 07:14 AM
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Cool, this was on the SA, right?
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Old May 30, 2002 | 08:13 AM
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Stupid Double post.

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Old May 30, 2002 | 08:15 AM
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I just saw that one the other day in a Movie.
"Armageddon" with Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck. It was in the Driller machine that went to space.
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Old May 30, 2002 | 12:45 PM
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Originally posted by 85RX7GS
Cool, this was on the SA, right?
Yep, the SA. I've always wanted a shifter like that but the S2000's is too nice to mess with.

The skull shifter is from back in the street rod days, but it was cool seeing it in Armageddon. I'd forgotten about that.
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Old May 30, 2002 | 10:26 PM
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Skull Shifter with glowing eyes.

thats tight

I have a gold skull shifter but the threads dont fit and the eyes dont light up.
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Old May 31, 2002 | 02:30 AM
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Originally posted by 82streetracer
Skull Shifter with glowing eyes.

thats tight

I have a gold skull shifter but the threads dont fit and the eyes dont light up.
The skull is actually a cheap $10 Kragen piece. I drilled out the eye sockets for the $2 Radio Shack LEDs, a couple 680 ohm resistors to make it happy with 12 volts, and voila! Instead of using real threads it uses a nylon insert secured by set screws. Crude but functional.

That's a beauty you've got in your avatar 82streetracer, and Kaila Yu's not bad either!
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Old May 31, 2002 | 03:12 AM
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I knew it was an SA as soon as I saw the HVAC controls and how high up the shifter was in relation to it
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Old May 31, 2002 | 11:05 PM
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damn, thats funny, i actually had that when i first got my 7 too....
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