RE: [DMCForum] Installed El-Glo instrument cluster photos

["Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm more curious about how these panels went onto the gauges themselves.
Did
you have to remove the needles? I thought they were temper-proof...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Coe [mailto:Whalt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 4:13 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Installed El-Glo instrument cluster photos
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> Your dash looks awesome!  The red bulbs from above give the top part of
> the
> gauges a purple look.  Does it look that way in person or does that only
> show in the pictures?
> 
> A good person to brain storm with on lit needles is Jim Reeves.  His
> strategy for a backlit instrument panel was to start with new panels
made
> from clear plastic, but then he didn't want to bother unless he could do
> lit
> gauge needles too.
> 
> Probably the best bet is to scarf some gauges from a junkyard and see if
> you
> can make lit needles from those work.  The problem is that there isn't
any
> clearance between the mechanicals and the face plates.  I bet there is
> some
> way to set the mechanicals further back using extensions.  But it would
> probably require the skills & tools of a Swiss watch maker.
> 
> > I may try a cold cathode tube later ...
> 
> I hear that those are expensive and have a relatively short service
life.
> What would be really cool is to replace all the gauge faces with a video
> display.  Replace the side mirrors with video cameras and have that for
> the
> background on the display.
> 
> Walt
> 



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