Nothing better F500 Gauges

69Ford · Post by **69Ford** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:26 pm

I just had to post they turned out so nice.

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rwilly · Post by **rwilly** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 2:24 pm

That looks great!

sargentrs · Post by **sargentrs** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 3:21 pm

Beautiful! Great work.

squearl · Post by **squearl** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:02 pm

that is really nice. Did you build that yourself? I'm currently restoring a 71, but using the original dash. Maybe in the future I would like to do something like that. Sharp!

69Ford · Post by **69Ford** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:11 pm

Have not done one in some time. The one pictured is the first one I did that's in my truck. I also got lucky with this one as the chrome was above average. Not all that hard to do Just patience.

IN2FORD · Post by **IN2FORD** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 8:52 pm

Did you refurbish the gauges themselves? If so how or who??

Barry

zazoos · Post by **zazoos** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:47 pm

Heck Yeah! Those are sharp!

69Ford · Post by **69Ford** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:21 am

IN2FORD wrote:Did you refurbish the gauges themselves? If so how or who??

Barry

I don't do anything with the gauges. Just restore everything around them. If I find good prices on NOS gauges I will use them. but mostly OEM gauges that are in good shape. About the only thing I do is use overlays on the odometer numbers if they are yellowed and lube the speedometer and odometer. Don't use anything except a dry very soft cloth and light pressure to clean the faces of the gauges. Even water will take off the numbers and letters. Don't be tempted. I've ruined a few gauges this way. Oh also I will paint the needles with orange needle paint. The cluster pictured has all NOS gauges and is in my truck with about 1000 miles on them now.

cep62 · Post by **cep62** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:38 pm

So, was that a painted bezel that you cleaned the paint off of ?

69Ford · Post by **69Ford** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:02 pm

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cep62 wrote:So, was that a painted bezel that you cleaned the paint off of ?

Original factory chrome bezel. The chrome bezels had the background painted argent silver from factory. I repainted the argent silver areas. The factory painted bezels which I believe are all white in the 500 bezels where just painted steel. Here's a steel one painted completely Argent Silver.

cep62 · Post by **cep62** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:24 pm

I had a "60 that had a painted cluster with chrome showing around the gauges ,
I cleaned the paint off and there was nice chrome underneath.

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