The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Finally finished my gauges restore and ammeter for volt meter swap

I have made quite a few posts on the forums with questions along the way with these and greatly appreciate all the help. I finally got these done and put back together and could not be happier with the results.

Finished gauges I did not re-label the odometer numbers. The ones currently displaying are faded out from sitting for so many years. The other are fine.
The main instrument gauge
Sand blasted, repainted and letter transfers applied to the main gauge divider trim piece The transfer letters are much smaller than they look like!
Before pic of the main gauge divider trim piece
New labels applied to the gauge faces I used the tech tip for the ammeter swap. I did not use the face plate off my old ammeter and just cut the shape out of piece of scrap aluminum coil stock instead of drilling rivets out of the old one and hammering it out flat. Took no time to make and cost me nothing plus I have the old gauge intact still.
What the speedo face looked like originally
Best before pic I have Unfortunately you cannot see the curled up speedo needle.

Shout out to my wife for picking out the spray paint for the main gauge divider trim piece. Color turned out great IMO. Also big thanks to @DADS50 for the link to the transfers.

Here is a link to the volt meter swap
Here is a link to the transfer decals
Here is a video link on how to apply labels to gauge faces

You obviously put a lot of time into those. They look great!!

Thx!

Nice job

Volt meter blends right in

What color did you use for the divider piece? What brand rattle can? Tell your wife she did good!

The rattle can is Krylon Fusion All-In-One Paint+Primer and the color is 2795 Satin Otter Brown. Got it off the shelf at Lowes for $4 and some change.

Instruments look great Jason, color looks very original, wife has a very good eye.
Maybe you should include the link that Gus posted here with this thread. Nice
to keep it all together in one place so one doesn't have to go on the hunt.

That's one nice looking truck you have there. Appears in the picture to be fairly
rust free. Pretty dang unusual now a days, there are fewer and fewer complete
rust free AD trucks out there as people pick them up and hack away at them.
Please.......think about keeping it as original as you can and it will be worth
a good buck a few years down the road. And keep in mind Jay Leno's definition
of restoration, i.e. restoring it exactly as it came out of the factory.
Thanks for posting the pics and the description of your process. .
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Thanks. I am not sure which link you are referring to from Gus. I have added a link to the voltmeter swap and a link to the transfer decals.