Guess I really should say economical gauges. A customer brought a 54 in for us to repair damage from a wind storm blowing a car port down on it. I noticed the instruments and asked about them. He said he didn't have the money for high dollar gauges when he was building the truck so he pirated some from a school bus in a salvage yard. The gauges crowd the border a bit but the round panel they are mounted in fit both the dash and gauges and with the flat black back ground he has a decent looking way to upgrade to 12volt. He said the speedometer looked better off center. Full minds can beat empty billfolds.
Why do that to a stock gauge cluster,,only thing you hafta do for 12v is a resistor for the fuel gauge. Looks HOKEYFINOKEE.
i saw a truck at a show and the gauges where from a (zig mobile) gmc school bus. that where same a 47- 53 but 12 volt. he said he picked then up from a wrecking yard.
