Dan and RJ have always tried to keep Big Red as much 1969 Camaro to the naked eye…within reason. The interior was not an exception to the rule. Since the original build, Big Red always has retained its original steel dash, plastic dash insert (with the original climate controls), and factory dash pad. The new plan was to retire the old aluminum center gauge console (installed so the navigator/passenger could monitor the gauges at 220 mph in the Silver State Classic Challenge) and get back to the basics for gauges, while retaining the look of the original ’69 Camaro. The first item to build around was the Anvil Auto carbon-fiber dash insert that has the classic original look. The first step Tim took was get out the hole saw and saber saw and start cutting it up. The rollcage door bar runs directly into the fresh air vent on the face of the factory dash panel, so a notch was cut out. New Stewart Warner gauges were purchased. Only the basics for RJ to keep tabs on the essential vitals: water temp, oil temp, and oil pressure. All other readings will be caught by the data logger. Placing the gauges in the dash up high, compared to down low in the old center console, makes them visible from RJ’s seating position so he doesn’t have to avert his eyes too far from the road or his mirrors (where most of Big Red’s competition usually ends up). They painted the carbon-fiber panel with black semi-gloss paint, and it looks similar to the original black plastic cluster. Big Red always has had the original climate control panel in the dash cluster. Just another factory piece that keeps Big Red looking somewhat like a street car. All of you true ’69