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How To Build a Trick Dashboard

Go one step beyond the basic restoration and add eye-popping elements when you build a trick dashboard

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  • Custom Dash Gauge Cluster Installed
    It almost looks stock until you light it up.
  • Custom Dash Gauge Cluster Completed
    To complete the look, we are going to need to repair the steering column. For a more '60s feel, the shift knob should be switched for one that is all white, and the TCI shifter housing needs to be painted either silver or blue.
    Custom Dash Gauge Cluster Completed
    To complete the look, we are going to need to repair the steering column. For a more '60s
  • Custom Dash Gauge Cluster Gauges
    If you have a stock and/or rare dash, the Redline Gauge Works guys can get it working without resorting to the use of aftermarket gauges like we did. This is a gauge cluster from a '54 truck. The original 6-volt gas gauge was converted to 12 volts, the temp gauge was converted from a capillary tube to electronic, and the ammeter was converted to volts.
    Custom Dash Gauge Cluster Gauges
    If you have a stock and/or rare dash, the Redline Gauge Works guys can get it working with
  • Custom Dash Gauge Cluster 1955 Nomad Gauges
    This '55 Nomad dash uses the stock faces, but the gauges have been converted to VDO movement.
    Custom Dash Gauge Cluster 1955 Nomad Gauges
    This '55 Nomad dash uses the stock faces, but the gauges have been converted to VDO moveme
  • Custom Dash Gauge Cluster 1969 Dodge Charger Gauges
    This panel from a '69 Dodge Charger demonstrates the use of color and font changes to completely change the feel of a dash. The gauge faces were changed from black to white with a custom royal blue font, and the pointers were painted glowing red orange to make them easier to see. Companies like Redline use laser printers to design any style font in any color you want.
    Custom Dash Gauge Cluster 1969 Dodge Charger Gauges
    This panel from a '69 Dodge Charger demonstrates the use of color and font changes to comp
  • Custom Dash Gauge Cluster Mustang
    On the left are the original tachometer innards from a late '60s Mustang. On the right is the new VDO movement. You can also get a clock changed to a tach or a speedometer with any rpm or mph with any font and even get a built-in shift light installed.
    Custom Dash Gauge Cluster Mustang
    On the left are the original tachometer innards from a late '60s Mustang. On the right is
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Auto Meter
667 West 100 North
Box 717
Ephraim
UT  84627
435-283-4142
Redline Gauge Works
Santa Clarita
CA
redlinegaugeworks.com
Pure Vision Design
Simi Valley
CA
purevisiondesign.com
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kreach
Can you tell me the media used to do initial stripping of bezel and psi setting. I am planning to restore my '66 Falcon Ranchero cluster and info would be helpful. Thanks in advance
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