What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[PDW HOTRODS]

That would be cool to see, can you get any pics? I built cabinets for 30 years and worked on some great houses, but none with hot rods built in.

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by PDW HOTRODS

That would be cool to see, can you get any pics? I built cabinets for 30 years and worked on some great houses, but none with hot rods built in.

I once was in a home where the owner had built a 1929 Model A roadster into the house. The room was once a garage; they remodeled it into a family room and left the car inside. There was no way to remove it without removing a wall.

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

I once was in a home where the owner had built a 1929 Model A roadster into the house. The room was once a garage; they remodeled it into a family room and left the car inside. There was no way to remove it without removing a wall.

There was a guy that bought an abandoned Nike missile base in southern Indiana. He built his home in one of the missile silos and had a '53 Corvette (yes, one of the 300 made) in his living room.

Here's another missile silo home with cars in it in Kansas: https://corvetteclubkc.com/silo-home-tour/

[PDW HOTRODS]

I understand. Wasn't looking for name or location, just sounds cool. I once built a gun cabinet with bullet proof glass for a guy. He had a ton of money in his guns and wanted to see them. He had a nice gun safe but why have them if you can't see them.

[51 3600]

Off and on I've been working on converting my gauges from stock to electronic. Getting close to done so thought I'd post a few pics before I finish and forget to take any.

Speedhut speedo. Tape on screen is temporary to help locate face.



Mock up. I have to find a watch repairer to help me connect Speedhut spindle to old needle. Two different diameters plus need to extend spindle.

[51 3600]

Cluster gauge a little more involved.

These are Bosch gauges, formerly SunPro. Not the greatest quality but I didn't want to break the bank in my first attempt at this.



Kept original dash lighting as well as new gauge lighting. Don't know yet which combo will work best. Will try to make a harness to simplify number of wires on the back side as well as for ease of connecting and disconnecting when necessary.



Backplate which gauges mount to stands off original cluster housing to keep gauges away from cluster face.



Not a fan of how the face turned out. Had a sign place make up the faces and they followed my instructions. Numbers aline with needles (90 deg range) but the arc radius is wrong compared to the gauge face. Plus numbers need to be farther out. Have to redo this. If this is all I have to redo I'll be quite happy.

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by 51 3600

Cluster gauge a little more involved.

These are Bosch gauges, formerly SunPro. Not the greatest quality but I didn't want to break the bank in my first attempt at this.

Attachment 2068420

Kept original dash lighting as well as new gauge lighting. Don't know yet which combo will work best. Will try to make a harness to simplify number of wires on the back side as well as for ease of connecting and disconnecting when necessary.

Attachment 2068421

Backplate which gauges mount to stands off original cluster housing to keep gauges away from cluster face.

Attachment 2068422

Not a fan of how the face turned out. Had a sign place make up the faces and they followed my instructions. Numbers aline with needles (90 deg range) but the arc radius is wrong compared to the gauge face. Plus numbers need to be farther out. Have to redo this. If this is all I have to redo I'll be quite happy.

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I think they look awesome.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by 51 3600

Cluster gauge a little more involved.

These are Bosch gauges, formerly SunPro. Not the greatest quality but I didn't want to break the bank in my first attempt at this.

Kept original dash lighting as well as new gauge lighting. Don't know yet which combo will work best. Will try to make a harness to simplify number of wires on the back side as well as for ease of connecting and disconnecting when necessary.

nice job on your instrument cluster. i did similar and missed out on upgrading the lighting
mine is no better than oem, in other words marginal at best, always at max dimmer
i should have put a 10 watt LED light in there and dimmed it

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by 51 3600

These are Bosch gauges, formerly SunPro. Not the greatest quality but I didn't want to break the bank in my first attempt at this.

Attachment 2068420

Kept original dash lighting as well as new gauge lighting. Don't know yet which combo will work best. Will try to make a harness to simplify number of wires on the back side as well as for ease of connecting and disconnecting when necessary.

Attachment 2068421

Backplate which gauges mount to stands off original cluster housing to keep gauges away from cluster face.

Attachment 2068422

Not a fan of how the face turned out. Had a sign place make up the faces and they followed my instructions. Numbers aline with needles (90 deg range) but the arc radius is wrong compared to the gauge face. Plus numbers need to be farther out. Have to redo this. If this is all I have to redo I'll be quite happy.

Attachment 2068423

I am sure you could manufacture and sell these if you were so inclined.

[mick53]

Originally Posted by PDW HOTRODS

That would be cool to see, can you get any pics? I built cabinets for 30 years and worked on some great houses, but none with hot rods built in.

He's a friend of mine and a country western star. I pitted for him at the local dirt track 30 years ago.
I'm going to have to respect his privacy on this one. He sure has some nice classics and hotrods. Just a regular guy.