does any one have pics of dash panels i could use i need some inspiration creating my own with gauge holes. I love being able 2 make stuff out of sheetmetal and having a dub the combination is a perfect mix

haven't got pics... but how many gauges do you want to put in the dash?? i am making some for my 65 beetle at the moment... will have tacho (85mm), fuel gauge (52mm) and possibly oil temperature(52mm) on rhs and oil pressure(52mm), oil temp(if i cant put in rhs) on lhs of dash... then have to put in the warning lights for alt, oil press, and turn signals.

Im thinking 4 2inch and a 5inch tach either with 2 in the left bit the tach next to the speedo then 2 more on the right or a single panel and cut out the holes in the dash to make it look cleaner but then it cant be made stock again. oh well either way i dont really care, just need to know what it looks like and if there are better ways of doing it. Oh yeah its a 71 super if that helps anyone

guess it depends on what type of gauges you wanna put in... as the ones i was looking at were 52mm and 85mm holes... so the chrome rings would be larger and this would probably make the two 52mm gauges on the rhs impossible to fit in next to the 85mm tacho... then there is also the problem that the original speedo is bigger than the 85mm hole that the new speedo requires... so i will have to make up a plate for that also. I have roughed out some plates just to do a test run and will post the pics soon if you want to see them... all i have to do is cut out the holes.

Thanks 4 that looking forward to the pics

Yo people you must have done dash panels before and got pics of them or plans please give me some pics

Hi

This is what I did on my Superbug.

1302Steve

Thanks steve, how bad is the wiring on the other side? how did you do the panels with the speakers? are those 914 gauges?

billet

billet

hi

There Stewart Warner guages. With wiring its not to bad, I ran a single wire for earth, power & lighting and then just a sender wire for each guage.

Belwo is Leighs dash, he put a monster tach where the speedo was and a VDO speedo and other guages in the panels.

1302Steve

I did the usual thing, 2 aluminium plates and have cut the holes in them, added the gauges but I forgot to drill the holes in the dash... another small problem.. then I padded the plates with black vinyl... not too bad...
after looking at those pics... I should have made up ONE Plate to go from one side to the other.... would have been easier... cutting the holes with a jigsaw in the small piece of aluminium was terrible.... jammed fingers etc....
I should have pics sometime next week....
I have all VDO gauges plus Tachometer....

Lee

thanks 4 the pics phbillet put your red bug in the members rides section please its real nice and i wanna pic

it all ready is in the members ride sec look under billet bug plus you can cheak out all the great pics in our flat 4 club web site http://www.flatfour.org 

dat dash is wik id pay for a custom dash like dat

let me see thats 50 hours machining @ say $50 per hour comes to $ 2500 not including material.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

forget the gauges who needs them

I don't like the plain dash Dave...
it should have the stereo plus gauges everywhere...
Plenty of room for fresh air vents...
room for everything......


Lee

Dave

Wow thats a fantastic dash- can't get any more "KISS" than that :thumb

Cheers
Jeremy

Or you could do something like this (924 / 944 guages)

Credit to some fellow on http://www.germanlook.com  (although I forget who now)

[Edited on 16-7-2004 by Jeza]