Hey there Mil-spec. First, Thanks
Second, why would anyone switch from Air Force to Navy???
Other functions of the PCB. Yes, I plan to build a board to remote mount many of the indicator LEDs and LCD.
I will mount the PCB high under/behind the dash inside the plastic enclosure. It has fairly flat front/back covers. The front cover includes the Acura gauge faces that no one will see.
The 9-pin DSUB connector (often used for RS-232) mounted to the board is not the one shown in the vice with soldered wires (that's the gauge side). The one on the board has crimped/inserted pins and a plastic section/pin-housing protruding from the back side, which is what comes close to touching the PCB but is actually held off the board by the stand-offs.
I'll get some close-up shots of that for ya.