Got pix '59
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From: Columbus, Ohio
Man, the front of the truck isn't scary, but that first guage mock-up was! YIKES! 
I was happy to see the organized, semi-finished pic of your guages. You should put an engine turned finish on that metal! That'd be sweet!
I was happy to see the organized, semi-finished pic of your guages. You should put an engine turned finish on that metal! That'd be sweet!
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Mountain Pass
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From: Phx/Az
Thanx Sixoh I appreciate the good words.
It is a pretty sight everytime I open the garage door to see my 59 smiling back almost as if to say 'Yeah I'm still here'.
The previous owner drove with the old gauge panel for 9 months, no speedo.
Showed a buddy of mine the gauge panel, he tells me I just reinvented the gauge panel out of his plane with the speedo where the altimider should be. Never new he had Plane? He never offered me a flight?
I got my speedo checked this afternoon, did you know a Black & Decker turns at 70mph? The OD don't work but it stopped at 49k+ and I'll let it stay for a while, makes it look like the 59 is just hitting it's stride. As for the finish of the gauge panel, it's gonna need to be none reflective, AZ+SUN= blinding light and an inability to see the gauges. Until I decide on an interior color it's gonna be primer grey or black.
I have more pix just need to find/edit them and then they'll be up.
It is a pretty sight everytime I open the garage door to see my 59 smiling back almost as if to say 'Yeah I'm still here'.
The previous owner drove with the old gauge panel for 9 months, no speedo.
Showed a buddy of mine the gauge panel, he tells me I just reinvented the gauge panel out of his plane with the speedo where the altimider should be. Never new he had Plane? He never offered me a flight?
I got my speedo checked this afternoon, did you know a Black & Decker turns at 70mph? The OD don't work but it stopped at 49k+ and I'll let it stay for a while, makes it look like the 59 is just hitting it's stride. As for the finish of the gauge panel, it's gonna need to be none reflective, AZ+SUN= blinding light and an inability to see the gauges. Until I decide on an interior color it's gonna be primer grey or black.
I have more pix just need to find/edit them and then they'll be up.
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From: Columbus, Ohio
That's kool, I'm sticking with my original guage faceplate and speedo. I'm thinking of maybe replacing the non-working guages with analog aftermarket ones that actually fit the original holes pretty well. I think you used that size? I would want to find a matching fuel guage tho', but all I ever see are ammeter/water/oil sets.
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Mountain Pass
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Phx/Az
Sixoh,
You can find the fuel level gauge at www.actron.com/sunhome. You need to go to 'Gauges', Replacement Gauges' and it's the 3rd one down.
You can find the fuel level gauge at www.actron.com/sunhome. You need to go to 'Gauges', Replacement Gauges' and it's the 3rd one down.
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I definetely agree with sticking to the original gauges. I will probably place some updated gauges under the dash on my '59 F100. Oil, measured temp., and voltmeter. Auto lite makes a pretty nice set of white face gauges with a chrome ring that should match pretty well. Close enough for government work anyways!
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Mountain Pass
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Got more pix up, now I can proubly show off my '59s lack of bad apearal. Also got gauge cluster in.
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