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Gauge decals

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After following a link posted by The Astronaut, I came upon a source for gauge decals for the round speedo trucks. They are advertised for 66-77 Broncos, but certainly adaptable to our applications:
http://parklane410.wix.com/home
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Jason at Greenback does great work, his decal/overlays are top notch! He can also custom make gauges. He built a 10K tach for my '66 C10 that looks dead stock, but registers 10K instead of 5K- perfect since I'm building a high revving LSx to swap in. All modern internals and it bolts in my gauge cluster with zero modifications.


Sorry for the Chevy content in a Ford forum (don't shoot!! :lol: ), but wanted you guys to see what he's capable of!

An original 5K tach:

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The tach Jason built:

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Sorry for the Chevy content in a Ford forum (don't shoot!! :lol: ), but wanted you guys to see what he's capable of!
If it helps illustrate a source of parts to help on our Fords, it don't hurt my feelings at all. :2cents:
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I talked to Jason yesterday, he is close to releasing a full set for F100-F900's for (I believe) 60-66's. He is sending me a set to check out for the '66 we are restoring, and I'll post pics on how to apply them.
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Other than the lenses for the idiot lights; he's already there with the Bronco setup. Hopefully, he will develop some for the '65/66 Custom Cabs with the sweep speedo. The bezel and lens is available from Tom, but the decals for the gauges would be nice.
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Toyz wrote:Other than the lenses for the idiot lights; he's already there with the Bronco setup. Hopefully, he will develop some for the '65/66 Custom Cabs with the sweep speedo. The bezel and lens is available from Tom, but the decals for the gauges would be nice.
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His decals include every style of decals needed for any cluster, F100-F900, including the Custom Cab sweep speedometer. I will post a "How to Restore/Detail a Gauge Cluster" once we get the decals in. We already have the bezel/lens from Dennis Carpenter.

Here is a cluster rebuild for a C10 I did:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/show ... ?p=5845867
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Just received the decals to try out. They look great! I will do a "how-to" in the next couple weeks.

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Tried out the decals on the Fuel and Temp gauges, they worked great! I used a hair dryer to heat the vinyl so it could stretch around the raised letters, and a microfiber towel to push the decal into the base of the stamping. I need to find a speedometer since the needle is broken on this one, and I'll be able to start reassembling the cluster.


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After, and painted the needles.

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