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I found a bunch of instrument panel stuff in my local scrapyard. As far as the lens and bezel goes, you can sometimes find them in old Ford vans as well, like '81 said. I currently have the lens, front half of the instrument cluster housing, and bezel from an old Ford Van. I got some replacement bulb holders, too. Unfortunately, the printed circuit, and the back half of the instrument clusters tend to be different and I haven't found one to match mine yet.
I think i'll just order one from Dennis Carpenter!
i have a few extras, and i found out that idiot light and gauged inst panels are non-interchangeable, had to switch my white gauges over, fuel and temp, I guess I'll just have to put in aftermarket gauges for everything else, is it the clear plastic piece u r in need of???? if so I have one in great shape, just cleaned it sittin here on my desk, pm me for details
I read recently that if you heat the plastic with a hair dryer It'll clear up the lens. Havn't tried it myself but check out the "tips & tricks" @ the top of the forum, I believe it's 5+ pages deep, but its definately in there. If you have time on a rainy day, start on page one and continue, some realy good tips in there.
Good Luck, hobo
I read recently that if you heat the plastic with a hair dryer It'll clear up the lens. Havn't tried it myself but check out the "tips & tricks" @ the top of the forum, I believe it's 5+ pages deep, but its definately in there. If you have time on a rainy day, start on page one and continue, some realy good tips in there.
Good Luck, hobo
Oh man I guess I didn't read the tips and tricks section as good as I thought. I didn't see that one.
I'm going to try it today and report back but I'm having trouble with the idea since the lense has had a chance to get pretty hot here, a bunch of times.