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To: "Marc Smith" <marcs@gdi.net>, <ax-digest@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: in car cam
From: "bruce haden" <bhaden@ucsd.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:09:46 -0800
Hi all

I have a 94 Impala thatI run in ESP.  I have a sony Hi 8 that I mounted.  I
took the lid off of the center console adn installed a threaded galvinized
1"
flange in  the bottom (which also mounts to the console mounting points on
the
tranny hump).  I then baught 18" galvinized steel pipe.  On one end i used
PVC
fittings to mount the swivel head of a tripod, so I stillhave up/down
right/left
adjustenmt.  When I want to use the camera I sccrep the pipe into the
flange,
thenm moount the camera.  Take about 5 minutes and only cost 5 bucks  for
parts
and one "donor" tripod, so i would not ruin my good one.  The other nice
thing
is that once you have the flange mounted  Its a perm. mount and mine is easy
to conceal.  I imagine you could drill into the floorboard or hump of the
car
and do it that way as well

Brilliant idea. And I happen to have a "free" tripod with a bad leg to
use for the donor head.

No matter how many time it happens  there is always something fun about
watching
a video in which cones suddenly start traveling right/left across the
screen,
accomapanied with  a four lettered expletive and the howling of tires in
protest.

Yeah I've got a couple of those myself!


Marc Smith
mailto:marcs@i95.com

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