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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4 | Just started on a 1950 Chevy 3600. All the gauges are shot. I've read that the two gauges are 4 5/8". I'd like to retain the "look" by sticking with a quad gauge and a speedo. Does someone make adapters that convert the hole to accept 5" gauges? What about Dolphin gauges? I've used them for many projects and have never had a issue.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Why not retain "the look" by using original equipment gauges- - - -there's plenty of them available. Are you doing a restoration, a resto-mod, or a butcher job? It sounds like maybe it's the latter choice.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 133 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 133 | calm down Hotrod, to each his own.
the Omega's are a good affordable set that will adapt to about any driveline set-up. and they look good, ez set-up helps. sounds like you've done this b/f so check your options for your own needs,style and budget.
daren | | | | | Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 687 | hi Doug. I also have a 1950 3600 (see some pics in my sig).. Be nice to see what you do with it?
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4 | Well---I'm not a butcher but I play one on TV. Seriously-this truck will be a driver with some modern updates. I'm not interested in keeping it stock looking. Thanks to all for the information--and the cheap shot.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,554 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,554 | Take a look at this link,they sell some really nice gauges. There are other vendors that sell them as well.Good luck with your project and keep us posted with some pictures. gauges Thanks,Tim
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: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | I've damaged more than my share of classic cars and trucks beyond repair over the past 50 years or so. Ever pulled all the exterior sheet metal off a 55-57 Chevy 2-door hardtop to re-skin a dirt track racer? We did it regularly out in California in the early 1970's- - - -nice, rust-free ones, too! Fast-forward 30 years, and a lot of mid-70's Monte Carlo and Grand Prix bodies got the same treatment for the Nashville Fairgrounds track. The body of choice for my father's round track cars in the very early 1950's were 34 Ford 3-window coupes!
These days, I appreciate a good stock restoration a lot more than somebody's hot rod. Maybe it's part of getting old!
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"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 158 | I used Dolphin gauges on my '50 Chevy too. I took the original gauge housings and cut them out except for the outer ring - some might call it "butchering"  Then I installed the Dolphin gauges into them with the Dolphin mounting hardware. The outer rings from the original gauges act as a bezel for the new Dolphins and they provide the mounting tabs for use in the original locations. It's not an original idea, and it looks like one of the links above might show a similar process. Works good though. Hope it helps, Craig
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