Thread: A Bodgy Car PC.

Car -
1985 Australian Ford LTD
Many Electrical Faults
Smokey, Tired Old Donk
Rust, Dings, Scratches.
Broken Door Handles.

Hardware -
AMD K6-2 300 mhz
64 mb PC100 SDRAM
6 gb standard ide drive
ge force 2 64mb w/tv out
pci sound
300 watt inverter
Switch lifted from an old coffee perculator
Some kind of wire to the inverter...no doubt too small.

Software -
Windows 98 se
Winamp 3
Resumer Plug In (resumes last song played on start up)
Key Control Plug In (allows control of winamp with mouse)

Stereo -
Stock Head Unit and Amp.
Sony 6.5 inch woofers and 1 inch tweeters rear.
Sony 4 inch 2 ways front.

Forseeable Future -
Creative PC remote.
7" composite LCD.
De-bodgification of the entire setup.
MP3CAR.com bumper sticker.

Ok guys I thought i'd post my car pc. I wanted to wait till i got a screen of some kind but things are moving way to slow (damn speeding fine). This Is what it takes to create a totally bodgy, but functional car pc.

note: in keeping with the bodgyness of this car pc and thread, all pics have been taken with a siemens s55 camera phone



who needs complex brackets and space saving cases, just throw a midi tower AT case in that sucker and hold it there with old pillow cases wedged in. Also note the crossover hanging from its speaker wires.



we always hear on this forum about the need to properly ground and secure an inverter to minimise hum etc, as well as the need to use heavy guage wire. I didnt listen to any of that. My inverter is tied to my spare tire with a wire cord. I dont think it touches the chassis anywhere... Is this dangerous I hear you ask? Probably. The wire you see there was just something i had in my shed... no idea what guage or amperage it is. I did have issues with it when it rested on my exhuast pipe and shorted out, other than that it has worked like a charm.



this pic shows the switch i use to turn the system on/off. it is a switch from a coffee perculator that had broken. it is simply wedged between my a pillar and my dash. i have no relay or shutdown controller to cut power, so if i leave this switch on i come out to a drained battery. The pc is always just turned off, not shut down.



the only input device to the pc, a mouse used to play/pause, change track and change directory.



the dash space and stock headunit (with tape adapter). this was top of the line gear in 1985... 2004 and it doesnt ring my bells antmore. soon to be replaced with a 7" composite LCD, when i can afford one and an amp