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| | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | Do the colors of the guage needles change from year to year, or are they just so faded that I can't tell. The 1947 I just saw had beautiful red needles. The color of the guage itself was so nice too. Or is that the product of garage parking? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | They changed over to white at some point. The ones on my '50 are white.
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 272 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 272 | Original color of the gauge needles on my '48 are red. Still are red after all of these years. The speedometer needle was off-white color but it eventually curled up against the glass and had to be replaced. The only replacement speedo needle available to me 30 years ago was a brilliant translucent red/orange one so I put it in. It is still in there in it's un-original orange splendor because I can't be bothered changing it out just for the sake of color-correctness. So, all is not always what it seems........
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | 1954 needles on gauges and speedometer are all white. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 | 47 and 48 Chevy's were red. Changed to white in 49.
Bob | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 | Not only are the 47's and 48's red, but the needles are also shorter than the white ones. However, if you order new gauges for the 47 or 48, they're usually longer like the white ones of later years. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 149 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 149 | The needle in my '49 was white.... and well curled..lol The speedo was all gummed up sp I popped it out to clean it and get it working again, and wa-la.. the needle self-destructed..
so rather than leave it out until I found a replacement.... I fixed the prob the way I learned all those years ago.... A dab of Elmers glue..and a wooden match-stick and put it all back together and bingo..an operating speedo...
(Although I probably need to be careful of that RED tip if I park in the sun....lol)
Michael
\'48 chev 2-ton boom truck (Boomer) '49 Chev 2-ton flat bed '65 Chev 35ft school bus '88 GMC 6500 '72 Superior 26ft class "A" coach '50 Farmall "M" '71 MGB GT '68 Austin-Healey Sprite '65 Austin-Healey Sprite and various other odd British cars and lots of old radios..... Although we know what the speed of light is..... What I want to know is... How fast is the speed of DARK??
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 272 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 272 | Tell you what Graflexmaster, I deeply considered gluing a wooden match-stick to the speedo needle hub out of desperation but luckily, I found a replacement even if it wasn't the correct color. Yeah, think of what that pretty little red tip on the match could do on a sunny day.............
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