1974 Dart Sport
With the paint work almost done, we still thought we could make it to Carlisle and I went to work on the dash cluster. Whomever was working on this beast previously did their best to fix the crumbling plastic but it was pretty thrashed. My buddy had two extra A body clusters so I started over and made one good one out of three.
The printed circuit boards - I used the one from my Dart. You can see dry climate (top) vs. the not-so-dry climate (bottom)
The above were the finalists for "Best Looking 40-year A body Dash Gauges I Have Access To"
So got some craft paint and painted the needles.
Meguiar's to the rescue for the clear plastic. There were some pretty gnarly scratches in the speedo cover...looks great now! It really does seem to be an improved formula - thanks Barry!
Repainted the cluster housing with SEM trim black paint and threw in some LED 194 bulbs and lit it up...
With the paint work almost done, we still thought we could make it to Carlisle and I went to work on the dash cluster. Whomever was working on this beast previously did their best to fix the crumbling plastic but it was pretty thrashed. My buddy had two extra A body clusters so I started over and made one good one out of three.
The printed circuit boards - I used the one from my Dart. You can see dry climate (top) vs. the not-so-dry climate (bottom)
The above were the finalists for "Best Looking 40-year A body Dash Gauges I Have Access To"
So got some craft paint and painted the needles.
Meguiar's to the rescue for the clear plastic. There were some pretty gnarly scratches in the speedo cover...looks great now! It really does seem to be an improved formula - thanks Barry!
Repainted the cluster housing with SEM trim black paint and threw in some LED 194 bulbs and lit it up...
