Gama

Ride Specs

1965 Ford Mustang Fastback
The Original 289 V8 worked out to 350bhp
Lowered suspension with performance Handling and Transmission

Carputer Specs

Butchered EEEPC 701 Surf
Auxillary Touch Screen
80GB External Hard Drive
Custom Built 12v Power Supply
Alpine Amp to 2 X 6X9 2 Way Cliff Designs
Upcoming installs include:-
Reverse Camera
Hands Free Bluetooth Mobile Support
GPS
Engine performance
And so on

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meddler

very nice mustang! good install.

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vinchan

Does your touch screen support VGA output?

quantum

Beuatiful car, and really nice install!

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willmeyer

Great setup -- I love PCs in classic cars. Nice work.

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Gama

Yes it does. 800X600 display. My initial idea was to use the eeepc screen with a touchscreen kit attached but simply found the ribbon too short. Then I went and broke the screen anyway. So once the budget had been destroyed I found a shop demo screen at a fair price and am running it through the vga output on the eeepc. was a bit gutted about the eeepc screen as I reckon they are a good screen for this type of application.

Xygar

Very nice car. Is it hard to see the touch screen? It looks like it sits a bit too low and recessed to be easily seen (while driving at least).

Gama

Thanks. Infact the view is very good. I can also see the screen unhindered through the steering wheel as well. Due to the Steering wheel being more akin to a bus wheel than anything else. Probably more an issue having to lean slightly forward to make adjustments but thats about the only complaint that I notice. Any more forward and the gear shift would become a problem anyway.

A mate of mine has come up with a new future addition. Side profile camera mounted in such a way as to view burnouts in real time. Now theres a valued feature

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figfry

Hey looks pretty good, I thought about going with one of those consoles with my 66. I built it instead, turned out pretty good, check it out.

figfry

heres another.

Thats before i cleaned up my mess of installing it haha

JanMorten82

Nice Install.

What is that bround thing u used to make the usb holder?????

Gama

Nice work. I like the wood finish. Where is the Computer kept?

Gama

I started with a 3mm Hard wood base, then some Fiberglass bondy finished with some trim black. I plan to replace it with an identical. Im not entirely happy with the finish of this one. Plus i have to reset the whole console with some packers placed in strategic places. After 40 odd years, its got a noticable warp front to back which makes the screen not sit quite square.

stonestatue

That provides inspiration for me to do a 57 Bel-Air. How long did all that take?

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Gama

Hard to say. Probably about 3 months all up. The hardest part was getting the screen to sit into a 40 year old Console. Lots of trial and error. Power supply was easy as the fords have an accesory stalk running off the back of the ignition switch.

Mate you have to do it. A 57 Chev is just begging for a Carputer.

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