[johndobek]

stock appearing
custom

 

[bones454]

here's what I did with my monte for the strip

 

[_Bear_]

Strip car

 

[johndobek]

how about for the street....

 

[dscabra]

Dakota Digital:

 

[Robinls5]

If you see a Black 70 El Camino at CB08 I will show you my hidden gauges.
A lot of shows do not allow any MODS if you are stock so I hid mine !
Bob:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[surmin69]

If you see a Black 70 El Camino at CB08 I will show you my hidden gauges.
A lot of shows do not allow any MODS if you are stock so I hid mine !
Bob:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Sounds like a good idea, have any pics you can share
or explain where you hid them

 

[Xtreme70SS396]

There was a guy on here that hid an digital gauge behind the 8-track faceplate. He removed the guts, kept the faceplate, and the gauge would show through when the car was on.

I thought it was a great idea - sorry, couldn't find it again, but he had a pic of it.

 

[johndobek]

i was thinking of either going with the stock gauges and tach but i dont know how accurate it is.....either that or corvin(i think thats it) has pods for the car....phantom series....but i think that will look cheep......so thats where im stuck....if only i could fit the autometers in the stock cluster and make it look like it belongs there.........like behind the cluster.....i have to look into it more......until then keep voting...thanks......

 

[johndobek]

 

[CDN SS]

If you see a Black 70 El Camino at CB08 I will show you my hidden gauges.
A lot of shows do not allow any MODS if you are stock so I hid mine !
Bob:thumbsup::thumbsup:

You show me yours I will show you mine ya I want to get into the stock class too so hid my guages

...2 SW guages behind the heater delete plate ........ epoxyed a couple of magnets to back of plate and when installed dash is dead stock ....... plate pops off in secounds for driving :thumbsup:

Uncle bob ....See you at CB 08 ...... "crew chief" was over to-day helping me get car ready were gonna get you a Bomber jersey for the next cup game

 

[1968Chevelle300Deluxe]

do they make em for 68 yet:sad:

 

[FerrariTruck]

I went with guages instead of dummy lights and also threw in the some suede...

 

[Bubba's 69]

This is not my car but it is my favorite setup. I would love to do mine like this someday. I also thought about putting a multi gauge tach, like this, where the tach is.

 

[1966_L78]

if only i could fit the autometers in the stock cluster and make it look like it belongs there.........like behind the cluster.....i have to look into it more

For me, it depends on the car...

For my '66 (and my previous '66), I had the stock gauges in the dash.

On my "new" '70, I am planning on Classic Instruments guages (rather than Autometer), and placing them inside/behind a stock "SS/round pod" dash bezel (currently has the Malibu Sweep with add-on tach/guages)... The style of gugae will have a color/font similar to original (greenish numerals on a black background). Just a subtle, and more accurate custom touch...

I am looking at a quantity of three 3-3/8" guages; Speedo, Tach and a "Quad" cluster (oil press, water temp, Volt and Fuel level, all in one guage). I'll leave the small "holes" empty for now... Wouldn't mind a trans temp and maby a clock, but I don't think they are readily available in the size/line I want...

 

[johndobek]

i think i mihgt beable to do it but i have to looking to it more........the quad setup will work and the speedo but im looking into a tach.......

 

[rcrchsr16]

I had a sweep dash.......had. Now I have a Covans Classic in original (somewhat) black finish wit autometer guages. Looks like my old race car- like it a lot.

 

[chris454ss1970]

Heres what I did with my SS gauges. I did away with one of my idiot lights and mounted my shift light in the hole, the lense on the shift light is now blue instead of amber.

 

[RyanNilcea05]

That's really nice, Chris!

 

[O'Man]

Tony

I have already done exactly what you are looking to do. Search around for "White Face Guages" . The Moderator of the Interior section of the forumposted pictures of my guages / dash about 1.5 years ago. I filled all the small guage holes with Classic guages. I used an oil temp and a clock, tach speedo and a Quad unit from Classic. Guages are mountedbehind the factory plastic lense and I utilize the small holes for signal lights and barake warning just as the factory did.