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The entire interior of the car was gutted out. This was one of the first stages of building the car. Many things were just not needed for a drag car nor was the extra weight wanted. So out it all came except a few things relevant to our goals. Pictured on the right is the car in the rollcage install phase after being gutted out. More photos on the rollcage install are at the paint/body details page. |
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Getting the lightweight dash and center console mocked up for fabrication. We had considered numerous options for redesigning the dash to fit our needs. From sheet metal (common) to fiberglas / composite (more labor). We decided upon ABS plastic. Years later we are glad of the decision. Very light, inexpensive, and easy to replace or re-design when making changes. After a learning curve on the temperature requirements for bending and other material fabrication tricks we now can fabricate up a needed panel quickly and to very high tolerances. |
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Here is installing some of the fabricated ABS panels in the 3000GT. The flooring we put down is similar to truck bed lining material for heat protection and also helps with sound a little bit but still lightweight. So it is like a hard rubber coating but not too thick. |  |
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On the left is the NHRA required safety net. On the right is shows the3000GT rear seating area with the CO2 and Halon tanks (fire suppression). The smaller tank/gauge in the far left of photo is the compressed gas system for the parachute launch system. |
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Interior video camera and mounts. Shown is a GoPro camera in the center mount. Other go-pro mounts include the passenger side mirror and the roof of the car. The smaller camera is a microsoft video cam that is linked in to the car PC system. For recording and/or as part of the telemetry system (live internet viewing from in the car!).
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Some additional interior photos
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That's it for the interior even though this was a lengthy and labor intensive part of the build.
Much more of the inside can be seen in the other pages such as body and plaint or electronics.
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