Pulled the guage cluster yesterday. Somehow it doesn´t look 60´s to me. I just want the feel of a 60´s car, and the look of separate guages, not a cluster. So i started working a bit with it.
The standard (pretty ok) cluster
Pulled it apart...
Bended of these from surrounding
Gently bended glass of
Made a template of thick paper. Also marked and punched a hole for reset button
Made a plexi piece after the template(White protective on it). Used a bandsaw
Bended this of as well
Marked out on the plexi using the surrounding where to drill holes for Control lamps
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Drilled
Pulled protective of finished plexi. Put it back on where it came from, to be used again
Cut out the circles from protective an put em back on glass
Paint! Used very thin (almost dry) layers to prevent from sipping under protective vinyl
Machined aluminium rings, polished and clearcoated them. Glued them with blach RTV silicone(used for Engines etc). The White protective is on backside only(for scratches). Used very small amount of Silicon. Some sipped out, but can be removed later.
So. Rings on the glass! Just have to wait for lenses to the conrol lamps, ordered them on ebay.
Another... Thats it for today! Cheers
