Slick 60's

Mike

qwertyd10n wrote:Here is mine...



The two side gauges (voltmeter and oil pressure) are 2 1/16" offerings from Autometer's Traditional Chrome series... the the mini tach is a 2 5/8" unit from the same series.

Cheers,
Dion

Very nice keeps the stock look does the job. I like traditional.

BlackWater......... That is a killer dash panel. I love the LARGE vac. gauges. How hard is it to find those F800's. Great job. Do the vac. gauges work good? LEE

im not trying to sound like an ass, but theres 22 posts and one person put up a picture of the sweeping cluster like im looking for.

Any body else out there have pictures of there SWEEPING cluster? Or has everyone swapped to the round style.

Kenny

Hi Lee
I bought the F-800 bezel from a site member.
It was listed in classified.
Vacuum gauge works well.

shocker998md wrote:im not trying to sound like an ass, but theres 22 posts and one person put up a picture of the sweeping cluster like im looking for.

Any body else out there have pictures of there SWEEPING cluster? Or has everyone swapped to the round style.

Kenny

the sweep clusters being plastic are not very easy to change from the stock configuration or even paint if your not real good at that.plus 90% of the ones i have acquired were broken cracked or deformed from sun.

replacements cost far too much so i do believe many do change to the round metal style.

i did however change my 65 f350 from round to sweep just to be different from the rest of my trucks. since its a work truck i just sprayed it with rustoleum silver and being plastic it is what it is, painted plastic


heres one in a parts truck i have

Sorry,
I just like showing off my gauges
I did understand what you were asking, and noted in my post that one of the members had if fact fabricated a great looking plexiglas insert, albeit utilizing aftermarket (round) gauges, I believe.
I also considered cutting out the center raised section of the sweep panel and fitting a thin sheet of readily attained aluminum sheeting with an engine-turned finish covering the original panel, including the area originally done in the imitation machined finish.
There are sweep panels which would adapt well IMO, both after-market and OEM.
As stated, my low-rider will eventually utilize a panel which is totally blacked out until the lower smooth-surface ignition touch switch is activated; then will illuminate and perform a "sweep cycle" in the manner of the Dakota VHX, and the ProSport electronic stepper motor gauges.
Thanks for the original posting, and again sorry for the hi-jacking; the multiple responses may certainly help some of us to understand what is available and being done.
Paul

Kenny,

Tom's got a nice new sweep style instrument bezel:

http://www.flashbackf100s.com/new_parts_page

Cheers,
Dion

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thanks for the link. Thats the flasy one that im not 100% sure if I like it. I guess Id have to see on in a truck. Anyone has some pictures of one of those installed?

This is what I did with my guages.

I never had the sweeper. Here is what I did in the 65 1/2 ton.

I have one of those "flashy" repro sweep clusters installed in mine. Gauges are all originals cleaned up & detailed a bit. I like the stock styling, and it looks way better than the roached out original bezel did IMO.

Casey 65 wrote:This is what I did with my guages.

Looking through your album, I found what you used to pull the old ones out.

Here's an original bezel I got in the early 80s from the dealer. And here's a repo I got off of ebay last year,but I painted the inner ring silver to match original.

BigMike wrote:

Casey 65 wrote:This is what I did with my guages.

Looking through your album, I found what you used to pull the old ones out.

Don't tell the women . that's the big surprise race for the wives at Slick Stock 5!!!!

Installed this the other day.

Talk about a tractor pull.....

Blackwaterforge wrote:

I used a chrome cluster out of a F-800 with vacuum and tach.

i love this. i stil have the same old stock single guage cluster in the center.