Gauge Cluster
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Gauge Cluster
I like gauges. Ever since my first car I've installed them. I never felt good about cutting holes in the bus dash so for awhile I had them mounted on those rubber mounts VDO makes just above my knees. The trouble was when I wanted to check my gauges the steering wheel obstructed my vision. Sitting in the drivers seat I determined I could see those gauges perfectly if they were sitting just right of the ebrake and pointed gently toward me. That way when I do my 180 scan, driver side mirror, windshield, passenger side mirror and back those gauges fall right in the sequence. Trouble is I couldn't locate any mounts that were angled toward me correctly so I made my own by cutting PVC pipe at the angle I desired, gluing the cluster with PVC Cement and fabricating a bracket. I'm quite happy with the result.
- drober23
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Looks good and is "un-doable". A win win!
DJ
'75 Westfalia, '79 Deluxe
(plus more busses than sense)
In a time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
'75 Westfalia, '79 Deluxe
(plus more busses than sense)
In a time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
- Amskeptic
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As an "old fart without GPS", I can't read those durn new-fangled widgetmacallits down there.RussellK wrote:I like gauges.
ColinCrank
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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They're half way to the passenger side mirror. You do frequently check that mirror don't you? Cantankerous old fartsAmskeptic wrote:As an "old fart without GPS", I can't read those durn new-fangled widgetmacallits down there.RussellK wrote:I like gauges.
ColinCrank
- Bleyseng
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I couldn't see em down there either so I mounted em under the radio but now Monique is always putting her coffee/tea cup in the upholder dealie which I need to remove.
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
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If they were flush with the dash I wouldn't be able to see them either. The picture doesn't show it very well but I cut the tubes so they angle toward me. That way I'm looking directly at them. Don't the cupholders interfere with the shifter?Bleyseng wrote:I couldn't see em down there either so I mounted em under the radio but now Monique is always putting her coffee/tea cup in the upholder dealie which I need to remove.
- Amskeptic
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I can see a truck in the mirror without having to read its vehicle number, dab nabbit.RussellK wrote:They're half way to the passenger side mirror. You do frequently check that mirror don't you? Cantankerous old fartsAmskeptic wrote:As an "old fart without GPS", I can't read those durn new-fangled widgetmacallits down there.RussellK wrote:I like gauges.
ColinCrank
I can't read a VDO gauge staring straight at it, the little hash marks are not in sensible and intuitive increments!
COFin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- airkooledchris
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while not as esthetically pleasing or as period correct as the VDO style gauges, this is exactly why I prefer to the Dakota Digital units. one very quick glance and you know exactly what the number is - because that's all that's displayed.Amskeptic wrote:I can't read a VDO gauge staring straight at it, the little hash marks are not in sensible and intuitive increments!
COFin
1979 California Transporter
- Bleyseng
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No, the cupholder does interfere with the shifter but the "stuff" that does get shoved in em does so that's why I don't like it.RussellK wrote:If they were flush with the dash I wouldn't be able to see them either. The picture doesn't show it very well but I cut the tubes so they angle toward me. That way I'm looking directly at them. Don't the cupholders interfere with the shifter?Bleyseng wrote:I couldn't see em down there either so I mounted em under the radio but now Monique is always putting her coffee/tea cup in the upholder dealie which I need to remove.
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/