so ive had a few posts about where to mount gauges and stuff, and i kiiinda wanna move my tach off of the steering column (looks kidna dumb) so i thought maybe a factory look
http://mustangsunlimited.com/itemdy0...atkey=emustang
HUZAH!
now the question is, could i cut the holes and put in some autometer gauges and make it look good? or would they hang over and look stupid?
IRCC gauges come in 2 5/8ths and 3 3/8ths, would this be close enough?
i was thnkin this for the small one: http://autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail...882&sid=15
and then the same style for the tach http://autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail...831&sid=15

 

I used S-W '97' series tach and oil pressure in mine. Plain white-on-black with a chrome bezel. Classy look. IMHO
I just eye-balled it and cut-and-fit until it worked.

 

awesome! i found this article and felt kinda dumb after i posted![8D] where did u put the wires? id really like to NOT cut my dash pad!
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...icial%26sa%3DN

 

Are you going to mod the interior or leave it fairly stock?
there are also these from Autometer which are a copy of the old Smiths gauges, very similar to what they used in some of the cobras. look classic, work new, good compromise IMO
http://autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail...065&sid=13

the other alt is the Stewart Warner ones used in the R-model Shelby's.

 

good call aussie! that looks awesome! (ballin as we say these days[8D])

 

had a look at that tech article too

do the 65's have the speaker grille in the top center of the dash?
If yes, i'd be looking to sneak wires back thru there rather than cutting the dash pad. If you use some of that heat/ shrink wiring wrap it would be barely visible (and not at all from inside the car) and save cutting holes you may regret later. just a thought!

post some pics when youre done!

 

so ive been pretty much gung ho for autometer gauges, but i went to stewart warner and they have some cool stuff! i like the green line series! but really what i wanted to say was that they have some tachs that go up to 6k not 8 so since my car cuts off at like 5500-5600 this is good news! it will make me feel like im really takin her to the red line!!

says for deisel applications...would it work with my car?
http://www.sw-performance.com/index....s&p=114030

thanks!

 

Another option to consider.....
Swapping over to Autometer Artic Whites with a smaller white tach. This setup would look very tasteful in your car.

 

no the diesel one wont work on your car unless you plan on swapping the current engine out for a stinker.
there are other 6k ones on their site though
http://www.sw-performance.com/index....s&p=82162B

I think 8k will inspire you to build a better engine

 

james is right about wraping the wires and runing them on top of the dash gauges are up to you i love the autometer cobra series but i think they are too big for that pod. id search autometers site by size and see what shows up