Question on Dashboard

Hey guys I just bought a used speedster and the previous owner had the dash set up for 5 or so gauges. Has anyone replaced their dash to attain the vintage look or closed in the old gauge holes?

Thanks
Darren

Darren, I think my solution was rather unique.

Darren, I looked into closing up my tach hole and recutting it because my car came with 914 gauges. The 914 tach was bigger so my reproduction tach was too small. I just fabricated an aluminum ring to make up the difference. As far as the five gauges - I think the earlier 356's (54 & 55) had big speedo and tach and smaller oil, temp, alt gauges. So depending on what you're looking for it may not be worth the trouble? Somewhere out in Calif (someone here will know)can reface your current gauges to look original and for probably less than it would be to replace and fill holes. Although Cory's dash is pretty bad ass!

Do a search as fellow forum member Jjr did it. Here's a couple of photos of his work.

(Standard disclaimer; I don't owe these guys anything, but they did fix my old '81 928's 85 mph VDO speedo after I broke it. ...)

http://www.nhspeedometer.com/

North Hollywood Speedometer & Clock Co.
6111 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91606
Tel. 818-761-5136
Fax. 818-761-4857
info@nhspeedometer.com

... and thanks for the props, Mickey. First try, believe it or not.

Thanks guys, hey richard yours looks like what I have ahead of me. Thats pretty much how it looks and how I want it to end up. Thanks for the info.

As Cory says, North Hollywood Speedometer's work is top notch. I had them "VDO" my Chinese 356 repro gauge which had been acting up all along ever since I got the car new.

I meant my tach...sorry for not being specific in the first place....

I did the same thing. It's worth the headache. First pic is the
car in '97 and the second pic is how it looks now. I went with
some 912 VDO's I had sitting around. The odometer gear was busted
so I was able to set the mileage reading to match up to the old
guage while I was in there repairing it.

Wow Kurt! Great job! It's a definitive improvement!!

Thanks Ricardo, I'm going to start replacing the black cut-pile
carpet this weekend with some square weave style in gray. Out
comes the sewing machine!

Ricadro,
Curious as to what North Hollywood Speedometer charged to re-do a tach? I have a dead one that is a paperweight. ~Alan

Alan; it cost me $160.00 to get a VDO mechanism in mine plus shipping.