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Old 06-20-2015, 11:17 PM
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Has anyone put in Sport Comp gauges into the original fascia on a 68 GTO .
I have measured them up and they should fit 3 3/4 opening and 3 3/4 face on sport comps

Tips in install if you have any

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Old 06-21-2015, 01:45 AM
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I did Autometer in my 68. Cut them out of the cans and mounted them in the dash with some custom brackets and a little JB weld. Can't seem to post the pics from my phone but here is a link to them.
http://tigerefi.com/images/post/dashspeedo.jpg
http://tigerefi.com/images/post/dashtach.jpg

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Old 06-21-2015, 02:35 AM
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That's the look
Now I need to workout what goes in the third hole .
So far Tac / Speedo / need one more 3 3/4 then run the 2" fuel / eng temp /amp/ oil pressure across the radio blank

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Old 06-22-2015, 11:36 PM
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I did Autometer in my 68. Cut them out of the cans and mounted them in the dash with some custom brackets and a little JB weld. Can't seem to post the pics from my phone but here is a link to them.
http://tigerefi.com/images/post/dashspeedo.jpg
http://tigerefi.com/images/post/dashtach.jpg
Thats a sweet little setup. When I pictured this in my head I pictured them mounted on a completely new back and not with the original dash part. I like the look of yours and it seems like an easier way about it. Was it hard to get a speedo hooked up right? When I last read into getting a mechanical speedo to run with this car there was really not much info about getting it to work properly other than saying it might need an additional fitting to get the speedo cable to fit

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Real nice clean job .. Some day..

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