Featured Technical old school gauges installation

First id test that it actually works. Then I'd grind the mount to fit. Honestly from what I've seen the bigger SW gauges like that are more common

 

Kinda surprised that old of a gauge pod used the smaller gauges. The 1969 SW pod in my 53 Chevy uses the bigger ones

 

they dont quite match but theyre both installed and functional.

need to get my radio working again, gonna install that aux finally.

yeah theres a lot of crap on the floors

 

also the gen broke again.

its only making 12.9 at idle and 13.5 at 1500ish.

tach match isnt here yet

 

That doesn't look broke. 12.9 at idle isn't bad for a generator, and 13.5 is on the low side but still not bad. I would adjust the voltage regulator.

 

every time ive done that the voltage regulator starts sticking...

 

Honestly if you look at the average rod back in the day the gauges didn't match. Famous milner 32 from American Graffiti had something like six different style sw gauges along with multiple sizes. So if anyone notices the difference just explain it's authentic . Also in my 53 bel air I have 3 different style sw gauges. And not counting the junk tach I only have four sw gauges lol

 

See? Lol

 

low quality pic ik but you werent kidding, i see 50s, 60s, sweeps and circle gauges.
mismatched is traditional it seems

 

Gotta remember function was priority then. And whatever you could grab cheap and quickly to function lol. But yeah a few years ago I built a channelled version of milners 32 in 1/25 scale from a revell kit and did a LOT of research on the actual car lol. Found it funny that there wasn't actually a radio in the car despite the scene of milner cussing the beach boys lol

 

my personal theory is that he had a battery powered handheld radio stuck below the dash.

 

Also .....where did the "cs file" pouch with All the tickets go? Lol

 

For some reason I thought it was auto be on the end of the dash

 

new phone, maybe better pics?
its cozy