Dear Chuck, Jim, and mid-60s fans of modern conveniences, . . .
At the risk of blaspheming, has anyone installed a cruise control on a 65 GS?
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Cruise control - not in a 65 GS but I have Dakota Digital cruise control in our 57 Dodge pickup. We have driven it through about 20 or more states when doing the Power Tour and it works great! The way you sit in the small truck cab would cause my ankle to hurt or stiffen up after just a few hours of driving. The cruise control was a godsend.
I just hunted down the link from Dakota Digital and . . . . Wow!
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=46/prd46.htmLooks like a really neat product and since they supply a stalk mounted controller, it could be added to almost any car without too much pain. Alas, their controller just won't work in my wagon . . . .
Don't these silly guys know that I need a stalk-mounted cruise controller in -
CHROME!!!! . . . .
First air conditioning, now cruise control. What will I think of next? I know.....a GPS Nav screen! No thanks....
Okay no GPS screen, but you could consider something close that could be still discreetly hidden. At least the Apple iPhone can speak to you the driving directions. I'm sure that isn't as convenient as a display, but it should get you there if you are listening carefully. If you get lost you can pull off the road and then consult your phone to see where you went wrong. I'm not up on android phones but there may be something similar by now.
I think it is about as close as you can easily get to having that cake and eating it too. Another idea that I've been pondering is to incorporate a phone stand into a console that on a bench seat would be in between the front passengers. When you aren't using the phone, the stand could be folded into the console to avoid the high-tech intrusion. On a car with bucket seats, you might have more options to hide a smart-phone support while keeping the original console.
Food for thought, . . . .
Edouard