For the win! excellent post. considered doing this to my IPC and think you just cut out most of the lewis an clark for me. thanks

 

Thanks...

Today I drove the truck to Good Guys car show in Pleasanton. Lots of people looking in but again, only a few noticed the gauges.

 

I'm looking for a few replacement parts for my '59 F100.
Need guage instrument panel bezel, and tailgate (styleside).
Decent used for either will do. Thanx. RM

 

If I'm forced to go to Modern Gauges, I'd pop the Needles & Face-plates off the Old ones & Swap them onto the News ones. That way the Look is even more Preserved.

 

Hello all (newbie here). I love waht you did and preserving the "original intent" is key. Well done. However, I have a problem that I must overcome before I can even worry about gauges.... my gauge panel is trash. Where might one find a good panel? P.O. cut holes for tach and essentially ruined the panel. I would like an original that is not messed up. thanks in advance for any replies.

 

Post pix please as it might not be a P.O. that did that.
I've several that have Tachs & or Vacuum Gauges that aren't P.O. done.

 

Although I just reassembled the gauges back on the instrument panel, trust me when I say the hole actually looks like somebody cut it with a can opener or a screwdriver, very rough job

There's absolutely nobody in the world that reproduces these. what I really need is one that is not molested in any way in that just the speedo hole and the 4 minor gauges, I want to take and have it scanned into a CAD program so I can make a custom bezel for my project rather than ruining a perfectly good original as soon as I can even find one

if someone will is willing to loan me one, I will be happy to put a deposit down and send it back when I'm finished scanning as well as a copy of what I make.