New guage panel from Mancini

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wafastr

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Has anyone installed the new gauge panel fo A-body from Mancini Racing? They look like Auto Meter gauges. I am interested in one but haven't seen it installed and don't know how difficult it would be to put in or how much (if any) cutting would have to be done. Also, if the speedo is electronic, how to adapt from a cable driven one. Post pics if you have one please!
 
wow....I want one of those babies for my ol' silver Duster
 
Though a different vehicle, I made mine from 1/8 inch aluminum and finished it in two days although I never done it before. With mine I had to cut the dash which took another day. First I used artists heavy poster board to design and made a template and a sharp pencil attached to a circle compass to make the holes, a ruler for measuring the space of the gauges and after it was finished I installed the gauges to make sure it was what I wanted. I than used the poster board as a template on top of the aluminum scribed the holes for the gauges as well as the screw holes and lights and windshield wiper switches after which I brought it to a machine shop with the aluminum all scribed and had them use the correct tools to cut everything including the outside design, at that time it cost me way less than a hundred bucks with the aluminum. They even counter sunk the screw holes for use of small flat Allen heads screws.
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I am making a new one for less of a gauge setup because I am removing the AutoMeters and going with SpeedHut and some other stuff I need in front of me...
 
Though a different vehicle, I made mine from 1/8 inch aluminum and finished it in two days although I never done it before. With mine I had to cut the dash which took another day. First I used artists heavy poster board to design and made a template and a sharp pencil attached to a circle compass to make the holes, a ruler for measuring the space of the gauges and after it was finished I installed the gauges to make sure it was what I wanted. I than used the poster board as a template on top of the aluminum scribed the holes for the gauges as well as the screw holes and lights and windshield wiper switches after which I brought it to a machine shop with the aluminum all scribed and had them use the correct tools to cut everything including the outside design, at that time it cost me way less than a hundred bucks with the aluminum. They even counter sunk the screw holes for use of small flat Allen heads screws.
360013.jpg

360012.jpg


I am making a new one for less of a gauge setup because I am removing the AutoMeters and going with SpeedHut and some other stuff I need in front of me...
very nice
 
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