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#91276 08/20/2003 2:28 AM | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 438 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 438 | I'm starting to research guages for my 49 suburban. It will be a 12 volt system with mechanical input from TH400 for speedo. I want guages to fit the standard holes. Can anyone give me pros/cons on manufacturer. I know guage preferences are kind of like religion but want to try to find best features for the $$. Thanks for your help.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle."-Abraham Lincoln
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#91277 08/20/2003 3:05 AM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | What size and year engine? | | |
#91278 08/20/2003 3:52 AM | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 427 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 427 | IMHO you can not beat United Speedometer's Encore Guages for '47-'53 Chevy/GMC trucks. Check them out at: http://www.speedometershop.com/enc-pag.htm | | |
#91279 08/20/2003 5:03 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 | I put Dolphin Gauges in my 54 ... they make custom trim rings so you can fit their gauges in your 49, too. I got the adjustable speedo ... I think they look great and they certainly work great -- here's My Install Pics
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#91280 08/20/2003 4:51 PM | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 438 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 438 | TC Engine is a 78 454 w/ th400. Thanks for the input guys. What were approx $$?
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle."-Abraham Lincoln
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#91281 08/21/2003 12:22 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 | I spent about $450 for my gauges ... sold the oldies for $100 ... so I spent $350 
~~ Alan Horvath 1954 Chevy PickupSinging his praises in thePassing Lane | | |
#91282 08/22/2003 3:43 PM | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 122 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 122 | Those gauges look great! Are they the 3 3/8" gauges or the 5" gauges?
Steve
55 1st Series 3/4 ton
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#91283 08/22/2003 6:45 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 | I'm pleased with my Encore gauge set. They look stock to the uninitiated and work well. Price? I forget - just like everything else that went into the truck. http://www.chuckthetruck.homestead.com/page5.html | | |
#91284 08/23/2003 12:08 AM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Am I the only one that really likes the original gauges?
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#91285 08/23/2003 1:19 AM | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40 | Started with Daytona guages, nothing but a ($(*#%*^#^$.... Dolphin is a better deal..... | | |
#91286 08/23/2003 3:53 PM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,839 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,839 | I'm with 4ontheFloor, maybe because all my gauges are working just fine. Alan, we need to talk about that interesting steering wheel you're sporting on your rig. Is that a caddy wheel ? Hopefully you don't have a Mercedes grill on the front I do love that champagne color you show on your dash.
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
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#91287 08/23/2003 4:28 PM | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 438 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 438 | 4Floor-
Like OCK, I like the original look Encore version of the gauges, but they run about twice the price of the Dolphin gauges. Beede makes an 5" round antque set that will also fit (available through several pars houses), but like the Dolphin set, have a non-stock look.
Cmayna-
I have one of those Cadzilla steering columns from the bone yard. Tilt and tele! Very sweet! Alan told me that there is an adaptor for a more Stovebolt era steering wheel, something on his to-do list. Give it time man!
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#91288 08/24/2003 5:47 AM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,839 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,839 | Ah...Nutin like original stuff.... [img] http://www.cmaynard.com/Truck/IMG_1003.JPG[/img]
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
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