Actually, Bob, to my own personal taste, it looks pretty cool, but I am
admittedly kind of a gauge nut. To the purist, however, I suspect the
gauges-in-the-ashtray might seem overly obtrusive. FYI, I was way off on my
price estimate for the Stewart-Warner 3-gauge Mini Panel (I got mine years
ago). XKsUnlimited wants $80.60 for them; you can view the SW-82459 at
www.fix.net/~xksunltd/SW%20Pages/SWgaug14.html. I suspect some of the usual
parts places may have them cheaper.
Cheers, Ree G.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kaufman, Bob <bkaufman@laquinta.com>
To: 'Ree Gurley' <reegurley@mindspring.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 5:47 AM
Subject: RE: Question from a new owner
> Good ideas, thanks. I have thought about doing as you did placing the
> gauges on the dash/ash try. What doesn't look good about it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ree Gurley [mailto:reegurley@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:19 AM
> To: Kaufman, Bob; 'Richard B Gosling'; spitfires
> Subject: Re: Question from a new owner
>
>
>
> Bob Kaufman asked:
>
> > Another question for you: Has anyone installed a oil pressure gauge
> and/or
> > a voltage gauge in their Spit? If so, where did you put them? I was
> > thinking about installing them where the radio is now. Any thoughts?
>
> I moved my headlight switch to the left of the steering wheel and
installed
> a (matching) Smith's voltmeter in the center between the temp and fuel
gages
> (same as the picture Eric Kieboom linked to in his recent post); looks
great
> & factory original (if you're a non-Spitter).
>
> I also have a Stewart-Warner temp/volt/oil Mini-Gage unit (electric gages
/
> still available for around $35-40, I think, from the Jag outfit that
> specializes in Smith's - and other - gages) mounted neatly & snugly in the
> ash-tray cut-out atop the dash. Looks less than okay, but is easy to scan
> and doesn't obstruct forward vision. Does not look factory original (but
> ISTR seeing somewhere that some of the competition GT-6's used to have a
> gage-panel mounted in the ash-tray hole).
>
> If I could find a precisely matching Smith's electric oil pressure gage,
I'd
> put it in the center wood panel, moving the fuel gage over to the
passenger
> side (the fuel gage is the only one my passenger understands anyway), and
> then pull out the S-W mini-gages.
>
> Cheers, Ree G. in Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM73070U O
>
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