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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 321 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 321 | Sorry, I'm celebrating a little  . Anytime I can make a little progress it's a bit of a victory. I finally got the instrument panel for my '63 C20 back together tonight. Check it out: Clean PanelI tore apart the panel and carefully scrubbed everything. I stripped and painted the bezel. I also replaced the speedometer for a working one. Now to finish getting the cab cleaned so I can reinstall this puppy 
1963 Chevy C20 Longbed Stepside
1978 Chevy K30 Custom Deluxe
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Bears63,
You did a beautiful job, it looks like new. What are the two small red indicators on the left and right of the speedo?
Stuart | | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 321 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 321 | Thanks Stuart. I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. As for the red indicators, the one on the right of the speedometer is the over speed indicator and the one on the left is the tandem lock indicator. They are unused on my truck, of course, but there for the trucks that need 'em.
Last edited by Bears63; 12/18/2008 6:27 AM.
1963 Chevy C20 Longbed Stepside
1978 Chevy K30 Custom Deluxe
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Nice job Mike!  I got the ones from my '50 if you want to try your hand on them!  Jock
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Looking good Mike! I wish my dash came out for service like that!
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,554 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,554 | That looks sweet !!!!!!!!!!
1951 3100 Chevrolet1951 Chevrolet Suburban CarryallImage"A house is built with boards and beams. A home is built with love and dreams." "Look deep before you leap !!!" / "Everything is Everything" "If I say a mouse can pull a house, hitch him up"
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 102 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 102 | Bears63,
Any secrets to your success with your instrument panel rebuild?
NorthDM | | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 321 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 321 | Thanks for the oomments. I certainly feel even better about how it turned out now. As to any secrets, I really don't have any. This instrument panel was in great shape to begin with, just filthy dirty and needing the speedometer replaced. All I did was take my time, be very careful when scrubbing, and didn't rush the painting of the bezel. These panels are great to work on since they come apart so easily. I didn't have any major snags, so I was pretty lucky in that respect.
1963 Chevy C20 Longbed Stepside
1978 Chevy K30 Custom Deluxe
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