Mounting a GPS unit
 

Does anybody have any pics of intresting ways to mount a GPS unit on the drivers side dash of a early v20 like a 1976? Not much room there I'm thinking I will have to build some sort of bracket.

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Do you have a picture of your dash you could post? *

Here's my dash 1990 V20.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...y/Helm2004.jpg

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Man, this one is right up my alley. *You need two 30* bow rail fittings and a short section of stainless tube (bowrail). *I assembled mine with a little 5200 just for good luck, along with the set screws. *Here is a pic:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...oatpics014.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...TestDay012.jpg

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I took a piece of lexan and used a heat gun to warm it up and bent it 90 degrees. I added a power outlet and screwed it to the left side of the dash area.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67...o/P3250088.jpg

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Bobby, your '76 dash will probably look like my '74 did when I got it...I took all stock Wellcraft dash components gauges and everything out and redid it w/ Starboard...at the time, I couldn't locate any 1/4" , so used 1/2'' seen here...pictured here is sonar/gps combo ... hope this gives ya some ideas ;) ...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...eelin/dash.jpg



and my antenna went FLAT on the bow-deck...reads all the sats and outta the way ;) ...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...n/Image003.jpg

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I like that set up!! Is the GPS removable from the dash and how is it held in?

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Hey Air, is yours a combo unit?

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The GPS/Sonar combo IS removable...hex-head screws "dog-ear" behind the starboard...REEL easy...put my new one in same way...no pix yet...but soon, Hammer...SOON ;) ...

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No Franco, mine is the Tracker 5500 ? Chartplotter w/ the fuel flow sensor. I absolutely love it. I see this year that in the USA all the Navman stuff is branded Northstar. I was thinking about seeing if they would upgrade my software to run the latest chips, but haven't gotten that far yet.

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Reelapeelin, Did you cut out the fiberglass below the old panel before you installed the new panel?