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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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Im Having the interior of my 78 freshened up in about 2 weeks, and I bought a custom Cluster outfitted with Phantom II Autometers... thing is i havent seen nottah one truck with the same or similar style fittings. Anyone have any interior shots they can share... i need some ideas on how i want to handle the look. My truck is currently as shown in my albums... i wanted to do a Blk/Gry theme, but now i think i want to keep the blue dash, and add some blk/gry contrast to it in order to break it up a bit. any input? Classic Dash :: Ford :: Ford Truck :: 1973-1979 :: Dashes with Auto Meter Gauges :: 1973-79 Ford Truck Black 6 Gauge Dash Panel with Auto Meter Gauges
 

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Old May 12, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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Old May 12, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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Looks great. Did that dash mount OK without any trouble?
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 03:57 PM
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Looks like the gauges are pointing at the floor. For how much they are charging for those dash inserts I'd ask them to take it back and fix that...
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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For $919, I'd want my dash to look phenomenal. The dash in that link, honestly, looks like something I could fab up in a couple hours in the garage.

Flatten the dash out, cut some round holes and pop some gauges in....for almost a grand? Really? haha

I'm in the wrong business!
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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I've been looking at that exact dash...but I was going to purchase the dash alone, and pick up different gauges...been wanting to put gauges in the truck, just because I wanted a different look...
I'm guessing you went with the solid black dash?
how do you like it?
was it pretty much a direct swap with the old dash?

And what is the Color Code of your truck?
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:01 PM
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Anyone toyed with digital dashes? The Ford LTD came with them in the 90's, itd be awesome to fit one of them from a purely gadget based standpoint.
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Aussie_F_trucker
Anyone toyed with digital dashes? The Ford LTD came with them in the 90's, itd be awesome to fit one of them from a purely gadget based standpoint.
I thought about it, but I like seeing needles move. haha
 
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Called Dakota Digital a while back to talk about the digital offerings. I too like the needles to move so asked if there was a VHX offering for our trucks. I was told it would be about 12 months; that was 5 months ago.

I would wait for the more modern gauge that fits the stock dash.
 
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