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How to Identify Two old Ford Dashboard Gauge Clusters

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Le_Bear, Sep 23, 2012.

  1. Le_Bear
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    Any idea what these clusters went on? The white one has a C7TF and the black/brown one has a C8TF on the cluster shell but a C9 on the plastic shroud/bezel/face (whatever it would be called)
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  2. 67-72 Ford pickup I believe. C7 = 1967, C8 = 1968, etc. T probably means truck. They look like the ones in a couple of those trucks I had years ago.
     
  3. ^^^^ man is correct
     
  4. leadsled
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    I think if rustyNY is not dead on correct he is real close.
     
  5. chaddilac
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    Top one is the same one in my pop's old 70 ford pickup growing up!
     
  6. Le_Bear
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    I wish they had "thanks" points here, you guys are great :) Thanks!!
     
  7. 51custom
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    In the second picture on the rear of the panel,on the RH side is a small square box with 2 wires. That is the "Instrument Voltage Reducer" it is used to lower the voltage to 6Volts. All Ford instruments up untill the mid '80s had this or simular reducer..This is what I used on my '51 that is converted to 12 volt system for the 6 volt gauges.
    Jim
     
  8. Le_Bear
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    Cool 51! I just looked, they both have that.
     
  9. Bruce Lancaster
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    Ford PN prefixes denote the year the part was introduced, and remained the same as long as the part didn't change... a longer time on trucks than cars frequently. This is likely the explanation of the one with both '67 and '69 prfixes...older cluster with a new shell to update the new model.
     
  10. Bad Eye Bill
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    67 to 72 as rustynewyorker said. The top one is for the Custom Cab/Ranger option.
     
  11. 40FordGuy
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    Ditto 67-72 Ford pickups.

    4TTRUK
     
  12. Le_Bear
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    Would an F1 be a 91? I have a door tag that begins with F1 and the model is F102. It was the doors off a pickup that I saved some parts and trim from
     

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