Instrument Cluster Tachometer Idea

Discussion in 'Technical' started by 75Maverick, Jan 27, 2005.

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  1. Grabber71

    Grabber71 Milique Toast

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    I have a tach from a Mustang 2 that I was going to try and install one day...looks like the right size and even looks simualar to the stock speedo
     
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  2. 71gold

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    they all look great!!!:bowdown: ...frank...
     
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    Blown76mav and Squeal1, what kind of gauges did you use in your housings? Did you just fab up a bracket to make them fit the orig. mav cluster?
     
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  4. courier11sec

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    Ben-
    The further this thread goes along, the more I want to try this out. Great idea. I hope you go through with it.
     
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  5. Jerry

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    Here is what I would like to see in mine but it is too big.
     

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  6. 75Maverick

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    Yah I am getting excited about it too! I am actually thinking about spending a lot of money on my car in order to make it a total HotRod but make it really subtle and look totally stock. Its gonna be a fun one!
     
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  7. ratio411

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    I saw one on ebay recently that had Cougar gauges behind the Maverick bezel.
    It looked bone stock and had the tach.
    I suppose a 71-73 Mustang set would look about the same in there.
    Then just get the in dash 3 gauge set from the same car and all the gauges would match.
    Forgot what year Cougar the ebayer used... I want to say 72.
    72-75 Torino gauges should be about the same as well.
    Dave
     
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  8. Jerry

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    How did you mount 5" gauges in that cluster? Do you have pics of the back side?
     
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  9. Mavaholic

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    If we can get Ward back here, he's got a neat set of digital gauges with bar graphs mounted in his.
     
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    Dang Lonnie, I dont know how you drive that thing. My eyes are so drawn to the blower that I couldnt keep them on the road :D

    On a side note, I was thinking of doing this too. I contemplated moving the fuel gauge to the inside ring so numbers could be on the outside like the speedo for a close match. I was thinking I could print a white face for the tach similar to the ones on e-bay that would match the speedo print.

    AC
     
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    Ward is running Nordskog (Spelling)...very cool gauges.
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    I know it's an old post but has someone made progress?
     
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    You saw mine right? I need to take new pics since I've added the floor shifter, but the gauges are the same.
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