aftermarket gauges in stock dash?!?!?

[Yeahmate]

Idea from DKM69 dash and here's my take on it.

Take one old dash





Cut it up, make a back support and paint it fit some new gauges and LED's









Back shot,  new wiring near complete

[HITMAN 149]

WOW!!! THAT CAME OUT GREAT!!!!!!!!! what size gauges did u use??? cause i think mine are a lil bit too big (the little one's) to get them together in the stock holes.....
wow great job!!! can u take some closer up pics?!?!?
puhleeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzz

[200MPH]

I agree HITMAN That is a nice set up tell us more !

[HITMAN 149]

i have all new white face phantom II gauges that im re-doing my stock cluster with... and mine is supposed to look like that!! 
BUT just kinda got EFFFFFFF'D by my SO-CALLED "BUDDY"!!!!!!  but thats another story for another time!!! 

[200MPH]

i wonder what he cut the pot metal with  and the sizes on the guages ?

[HITMAN 149]

prob used a dremmel saw tool!?!?!?

[200MPH]

yeah your probably right!  oh duh he got the sizes listed in the thread  oops thats for Dk not sure about the other

[mike337]

AutoMeter gauges in a 69 SE dash

[WHITE AND RED 69]

Mike337 those gauges look awesome!  If I ever change mine I'm going with those cobalts.

[Yeahmate]

Relax lads  ,
The gauges are 2 1/6'' for the small, 5'' monster and 3 3/8'' speedo.
I cut the pot metal frame with a hack saw, the 2 1/6'' gauges I shaved the edges off to squeeze them in

The gauges installed, you can see how tight the gauges are from the thumb screws/nuts touching each other



more of an idea to how little material is left between gauges.

[ChgrSteve67]

I had to throw in my digital gauges to mix things up.

[200MPH]

  Nice Steve!

[tan top]

clever stuff going on here !!    awesome jobs   

[Yeahmate]

I had to throw in my digital gauges to mix things up.

As you would  , looking good dude

[moparstuart]

 I just had white faces put on my stock one for the daytona clone , and added LED's to my other stock gauges (birdible).

[ChgrSteve67]

Awesome moparstuart
I have leds to replace the turn signal bulbs in my dash but have not got to it yet.

Yeahmate's dash looks great with that big ass tach in it.
Got to love having a shift light.

[HITMAN 149]

hey guys... 
welll here is the start to my dash resto/modd!!! thanks trev!!! (yeamate)
i used a dremell tool to open up the little gauge holes & cut the back out of them... thank god i had a beat up old extra dash bezel to use as first try!!! lol  the second & my orig bezel came out MUCH better than the first test run!!! lol
i also used the dremmel to trim the lil inner circle trim on the inside of the big holes so that the big gauge trim filler i used would sit better & a lil more flush....
i just put them in quick to get a feel how they would look... i still have to shave/trim the sides of the small gauges so they will sit next to each other... just like trev stated... they are CLOSE!!!! hahaha
see if i can get some more work done on them tomorrow?!?!?

-john

[HITMAN 149]

some more pics....

[Yeahmate]

Coming along good there John. Just take your time, you get pi$$ed, walk away, come back later. 

[200MPH]

  looking good Hitman !

[TexasStroker]

Awesome stuff...I'm hoping to get this done some time soon 

[HITMAN 149]

some updates!!!!!! wooo-hooooo!!! muahahahaha

[200MPH]

looks great at night..No more Dim gauges for you ! 

[amidemon]

OK, with the autometer fuel gauge did you have to get a new sending unit as well?  Does the oil gauge work accurately with the factory (or replacement) sending unit?  If you needed new ones what did you use?  Ty very much for the pics.  I plan on doing the autometer swap in my 69 as well.

[lisiecki1]

You can buy 1 of 3 different fuel level gauge configurations with the autometer stuff; ford, gm, and mopar.  Oil pressure gauge should come with a supplied sending unit, however, I believe they also work with factory sending units.