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Originally Posted by ZeGermanHam
Small update for the 4th of July. ....
On my end, I finally got the dash squared away. It's a new dash bezel, new in-dash tach (I'm excited to have that), new headlight switch, ignition switch, and cigar lighter, but original primary gauges. The dash bezel took a little but of finessing to get set up. One of the mounting posts for the gauges was about 3/16" too long, which prevented the gauges from laying flat one the bezel. Also, one of the pre-marked lines for cutting the A/C opening was a little off and needed to be opened up a bit. Both issues were easy enough to remedy. For the walnut veneer, I applied three coats of Minwax wipe-on polyurethane, which goes on very thin. It resulted in somewhat of a satin finish, which I'm happy with. I also reset the odometer to zero, since the car had been driven for decades with the speedometer and odometer wildly off due to the previous owner installing 3:91 gears without changing the speedo gear in the trans. The car is being reborn anyway, so I figure why not.
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Your dash looks great, I am currently doing mine as well and your level of craftsman ship makes me envious. I chose to go a little darker with the finish using a pecan stain I know is a quality product.
I am a little confused about the order of your gauges, I always thought the order (left to right) was fuel/bat, speed o, tach, water/oil?