deimox

I am contemplating trying to place a computer in the dashboard of the 1983 GSL that I will be purchasing within a month or so. It is an old PII AT motherboard that I will be installing a stripped down version of Windows 2k and a 100GB HDD on. This will be strictly a MP3 box with the only deviation being maybe a connection to my BCT-8 scanner. I do not want to install an optical drive in the car and will be simply removing the hdd to add/remove software and files. I would need to do a lot of custom work to mount it, if it is even possible to fit the mobo, hdd, gpu, soundcard, power supply, LED screen, and cooling system in the dashboard/jockey box area.

I am having a hard time finding sites where people have done similar projects in cars and I was unable to find any relevant posts on this site. Any relevant links or words of advice are greatly appreciated.

Adam

deimox

Just remembered where I had seen a Chrysler Laser whose owner had put a computer in it and found the links I needed.

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/212327

http://mp3car.com/

http://toonarchive.com/car/

tie pilot

sounds like a cool idea. rather than having to take the HD out of the car every time you want to swap files, why not add some USB or Firewire ports?

neofreak

you mean a LCD screen, not LED.

mp3car.com

alberto_mg

http://www.xenarc.com/product/cp1000.html

there are a few others doing it too. search on google. check cnet.com as well. think i saw something on there a while back. also saw something in the 3rd gen section once. search there as well for car pc or car computer.