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| | | | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 42 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 42 | I bought a "new" to me cluster gauge for my truck. Now looking at the new gauges it is not same as my AMP gauge :/
My gauge displays 50 - 0 - 50 yet this gauge shows D - 0 - C
See pics of my truck at this link - http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/ShepFL/Vintage%2049/#!cpZZ3QQtppZZ28
See pics of my "new" gauge at this link -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190649268249?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
I want my truck to be historically accurate. What yr. did GMC switch the AMP gauge layout? Can I get replacement AMP display? Or is my new gauge correct and the "original" gauge currently installed historically incorrect?
Be the person you would want as a friend because at the end of the game the King and Pawn go in the same box.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 42 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 42 | Best I can tell 1949. Has no tag in drivers pillar.
Be the person you would want as a friend because at the end of the game the King and Pawn go in the same box.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | That's what I thought too but I've never seen a Chevy in those colors. Also a GMC gauge panel usually says 'fuel'. This one says 'gasoline'. The plot thickens. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | JC and Classic Parts list that cream color for GMC (the D-C was my comment). Here is the Chevrolet brown. Where is gasoline/fuel shown? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | ... Where is gasoline/fuel shown? on the ebay gauge linked in the original post Bill | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
Thanks, Bill
Are decals of those words available?
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | I've never seen a decal for the "spider" portion of the gauge. A big oversight, IMHO. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I would have thought the meter movements would have been very similar, other than polarity. However, I am pretty sure my Chev gauge pegs long before 50 amps. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 | Is it possible the spider with the word gasoline, was before GMC started shipping diesels? I don't know when they started offering them.
Also, the gauges on the ebay link, look like they've been refaced with the stickers.
I too find it funny, that we can't buy the spider stickers. Refacing stickers for the gauges are fantastic though! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 | Stovebolter Woody sells dry transfers for the chevy cluster ...link... Maybe email him through his website to see if he can produce them in the GMC colors and wording. Seems like the original poster could just purchase the decal set and change his meter face. He's going to need a new temp cluster anyway. | | | | | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 289 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2007 Posts: 289 | Here is a picture of the gauges of a unrestored'49 GMC with the cream colored face plates. '49 gauges My '52 GMC that I am restoring has the tan/gray colored gauge face plates and the word "fuel" on the spider rather than "gasoline" as shown on the '49. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 | I have a set of American GMC gauges here somewhere. Ahh, here we go, I even have a picture. I bought the wiring harness out, still connected to the gauges. This was connected to the "big" fuse panel, and the owner said the truck was a '48. http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP2146.jpg | | |
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