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By 55charliebird - 7 Years Ago
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I want to install Oil pressure, Water temp and charging system gages and a vacuum gage. Any suggestions, brand names and/or suppliers.
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By miker - 7 Years Ago
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Any gauge line you go research will be “it’s all cheap off shore crap, nothing works, no customer service” etc. That said, I’ve had good luck with Stewart Warner, VDO, and a couple others. The “street rod” guy gauges, not so much. I haven’t done mechanical gauges in some years. I don’t even use mechanical oil gauges any more. 2 1/6th is a lot easier than 2 5/8th.
Jegs and Summit list a wide variety of brands and styles. You almost need the catalog, the web sites are kind of overwhelming. Looking for the vacuum gauge is going to eliminate a lot of them, they don’t make one.
My bird is Thunderbird Blue, and I use the SW green line gauges. One, because I like them, and two, in my first bird back in ‘67 I scrounged a set of them out of Dad’s boat parts. Nostalgia’s good now, and free was good then.
There’s a ton of different panels available, most will fit up under the center dash of the bird.
If you want something different, you might try Ace. They did this one for my bird, 2 a/c vents with the voltmeter and oil pressure gauges.
https://acecustoms.co.nz
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By Kahuna - 7 Years Ago
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I've had good luck with Autometer Gauges
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By slumlord444 - 7 Years Ago
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I personally like the Stewart Warner Classic gauges. Prefer electric to mechanical. Easier to run wire and you don't have to worry about the oil line leaking.
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