Along with rewiring my new (to me) truck, I have been refurbishing the gauges and changing to a 12 volt fuel gauge. I have a couple of Runtz devices on my 52 Commander, but since the 6 volt units in the truck were of unknown condition I modified some Lark parts. I have cleaned all the gauges and painted the needles white. The speedometer is not original and had an orange needle as did the Lark fuel gauge. I bought a new glass while in South Bend last May and made my own gaskets. The temperature gauge is missing from the pictures because I left it attached to the engine. It has also been cleaned and repainted. I still need to paint the panel before reassembling the pieces for good.
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I found that off the shelf Rustoleum item 249032 Gloss Khaki looks like the color that I see in photos of other trucks, if your dash is a tan color. I cleaned and painted mine about a year ago, and I am happy with how it turned out. I had a very difficult time getting the gages out of their casings, and was worried about them having been damaged, but they still work.
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Originally posted by StudeNewby View PostThe glass looks great! Did you repaint the letters and numerals, and if so, how did you do that? Inquiring minds want to know!
I was planning to use stick-on transfers, but this as too good to pass up. There are letter sets that have the adhesive on the face side. Lining everything up would be the trick."In the heart of Arkansas."
Searcy, Arkansas
1952 Commander 2 door. Really fine 259.
1952 2R pickup
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Funny on a couple of counts: 1) I dis-assembled my 2R dash yesterday at interior paint time. I went to the store and picked out Rustoleum Khaki Gloss paint also (painting today after rust kill primer yesterday). I need to buy the silver paint for the speedo reveal and for my crazed headlight rims (might change it to White (grille) if I don't like it. My cluster house was fitted to the dash with dum dum - like goo instead of a gasket (thanks for the good timing). Question: the gage lights (12V) are very dim prior to my work now. Will they burn brighter with white interior paint or silver ?? I see 2 gaskets made up for your cluster vs. 1..... ??
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Originally posted by jackb View PostFunny on a couple of counts: 1) I dis-assembled my 2R dash yesterday at interior paint time. I went to the store and picked out Rustoleum Khaki Gloss paint also (painting today after rust kill primer yesterday). I need to buy the silver paint for the speedo reveal and for my crazed headlight rims (might change it to White (grille) if I don't like it. My cluster house was fitted to the dash with dum dum - like goo instead of a gasket (thanks for the good timing). Question: the gage lights (12V) are very dim prior to my work now. Will they burn brighter with white interior paint or silver ?? I see 2 gaskets made up for your cluster vs. 1..... ??"In the heart of Arkansas."
Searcy, Arkansas
1952 Commander 2 door. Really fine 259.
1952 2R pickup
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SI shows the instrument panel gasket (rubber) in the catalog (part # 652220), pg.55. I need to get that, some window channels, gage glass (cracked), and a pair of vent window seals...... do the vent seals just fit into the assy. or does the vent wing pivot need removing ???
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Originally posted by jackb View PostSI shows the instrument panel gasket (rubber) in the catalog (part # 652220), pg.55. I need to get that, some window channels, gage glass (cracked), and a pair of vent window seals...... do the vent seals just fit into the assy. or does the vent wing pivot need removing ???Skip Lackie
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