Love the color. What paint system did you use (single stage, urethane, etc)?
Repainting the instrument needles makes a huge difference. I brushed aircraft instrument needle paint on the needles then cleared the faces with rattle can satin without taking the instrument apart. Testors has a fluorescent red for models that works well. Fluorescent orange isn't red enough imho.
I used this shift boot which is the original type for the bezel:
http://www.cjponyparts.com/scott-drake- ... oCf5Pw_wcBTo keep debris out of the cowl which is difficult to remove, on my bronco 2, I fit 304 stainless mesh screens to my cowl, with tape around the edges, folded to get into the space, and held in with short pieces of stainless safety wire. If I did it again, I'd use welded screens which do not try to unravel. I don't have a good pic of the mesh.
On the locost diff, I assumed you'd remove one half shaft and spindle, then slide the diff out the side. That's how I've pulled tbird irs diffs in the salvage yard. You could just slide it to one side far enough to drop a wing or make one lower tube removable.
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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS
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360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12