MearCat

FYI - The Falcon BA/BF gauge pods will be available in approx 3 weeks. I have a single a-pillar (base of pillar) gauge & a double binnacle pod for 60mm gauges to be released

A new dedicated site has been created to display (and eventually sell) all my elecrtonics kits and gauge pods. See www.mearcat.com.au but links to the old pages will redirect to this anyway

I have a couple of small shaping issues to sort out but the BA-BF falcon designs have pretty much been been completed. See http://people.aapt.net.au/~mearcat/Pod for pics. I still need to take pics of the single binnacle gauge pod and the single A-pillar pod for those Falcons with a tweeter in the A-pillar. Note : I have 27 designs to be fabricated so it may take a couple of months until these are available. I will post an update when they are almost ready.

Thanks to Dirty32, a few designs have been started. I hope to have a few pics available within a week or so and will post up when I have finished the fibreglass prototypes -Alan

I have a couple of weeks off work over Xmas & New Year and would like to source a Falcon BA-BF for a weekend in that time to make a couple of pods. I intend to make a single pod in the FPV position that fits a 60mm gauge (probably up to 40mm depth to accomodate Autometer and older style mechanical 60mm gauges) as well as a pod that sits at the base of the A-pillar. This will take an entire weekend to do. Is there anyone in Perth willing to loan their Falcon for a full weekend? I have loaned 9 cars from various people in the last few months and ALL have been very happy with my service and storage/treatment of their car. Any model BA-BF falcon will be suifficient. -Alan

That's great! It means that there would be no valid reason for any of my pod designs at the base of the A-pillar would be defected. However - Does that mean that the FPV gauges are defectable?

Do the current ones only hold up 52mm gauges or something?

urslow, Based on the cost of the Nissan pods I have done, the final price for a single gauge pod will be ~$80 which includes undercoat and paint (colour which closely matches the dash). As for legality issues, because the pods I have designed so far all sit at the base of the A-pillar, visibility will affected but a minimal amount. The pillar based pods that the police seem have the issues with are those that mount 1/3-1/2 way up the A-pillar itself. You know, the ones that you can smack your head on in an accident! I won't know what the final look of the pod will be like until I actually get a car and mull over a design.

Approx 6 months ago, I made a custom made gauge pod for my R33 Nissan Skyline and since then, I have had queries from many other car enthusiasts wondering whether I can do one for their car as well. Over the past few months, I have started designing and fabricating fibreglass single gauge pods for the Nissan (Skyline, 180SX/Silvia/300ZX) series of cars. See http://people.aapt.net.au/~mearcat/Pod for some pics of the current designs that fit up to a 60mm gauge (note that these are not the final colours). I am also working on pod designs for the Mazda3 MPS after one of my friends requested I make one for his car as well. I was wondering whether anybody would be interested if I made a similar design for the BA-BF Falcons (XR6/XR6T etc). The way I work is that I loan a car over an entire weekend where it is stored in my garage next to my highly modified R33 Skyline and use it shape the pod design with. The car is NEVER driven, not pulled apart at any point and vacuumed/cleaned whn I am finished to remove any dust that may get into the car. I have already loaned multiple cars from Autoworx in Wangara (Perth-based Japanese car importers) over the last couple of weekends and I would freely invite anyone to contact the proprieter of Autoworx (Paul Hewitt) in Wangara for a reference on how well I looked after his cars. I can also provide names of 4 other people who I have loaned cars from as a reference. At 31 years old and a business person, I'm not just a young 'hoon' and I regard myself as a very professional person to deal with and take a lot of respect for others and their property. If you are interested (no spams please), located in Perth and willing to loan your car, please PM or email me for more information. I am prepared to offer a FREE gauge pod when they are finished or monetary compensation for the use of your car. Otherwise I would like to hear from anyone who would be interested in purchasing a "MEARCAT" gauge pod. I need ~10 people interested to make a small batch of them viable. Cost will be ~$80 Regards, Alan Mears

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