The Comvette Project

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2017-06-27

The Prototype Chassis Parts Arrive!

I just received the custom parts I ordered from Ponoko.com External Link . I had Ponoko laser cut some 3mm thick Acrylic sheet into chassis pieces to hold the touch screen display, volume control potentiometer and USB socket.

Here's a few pics of the Acrylic chassis assembled and installed in the dash:

chassis installed

The chassis consists of two pieces. A base-plate that attaches to the dash using the same mounting holes as the original BOSE head unit and a face-plate that holds the touch-screen display, volume control potentiometer and USB jack.

The base-plate and face-plate are joined together and separated by some spacers. The spacers hold the base-plate and face-plate at the correct distance from each other to allow the face-plate to rest against the back of the dash trim panel opening.

Here's a pic of the mechanical drawing:

mechanical drawing

This thing is starting to look like it may actually come together!

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