1974 Plymouth Valiant Scamp - Restoration is a strong word
I dropped off the transmission Tuesday with a guy who was recommended by several people. He expects to be done before next weekend.
My license plate arrived. I was surprised to discover that Arizona Historic Vehicle plates are made of actual Arizona copper.
While waiting on the transmission, I decided to replace the ammeter with a voltmeter, and add a cheap, small tachometer.
I pulled the ammeter out and installed the new voltmeter after removing it from its housing. I had to clearance the mounting holes in the instrument panel to get it lined up. It looked good once back together, but there was too much light around the voltmeter.
I pulled it all apart, removed the faceplate of the voltmeter, and the faceplate of the ammeter. I had to drill small holes in the ammeter faceplate, then put that behind the voltmeter faceplate and put it all back together.
I'm pretty happy with it. Although it's a little tight, from the driver position, you can still see every gauge. With the lights on, the tach is way brighter than the other gauges. We'll see if that bothers me. Maybe I can do something to filter that light.
Here's one shot that shows how I mounted the tachometer.
I didn't love the idea of drilling holes, but I figured that even if I want to return things to stock, the holes are hard to see, and the housing is in need of refinishing anyway.
I dropped off the transmission Tuesday with a guy who was recommended by several people. He expects to be done before next weekend.
My license plate arrived. I was surprised to discover that Arizona Historic Vehicle plates are made of actual Arizona copper.
While waiting on the transmission, I decided to replace the ammeter with a voltmeter, and add a cheap, small tachometer.
I pulled the ammeter out and installed the new voltmeter after removing it from its housing. I had to clearance the mounting holes in the instrument panel to get it lined up. It looked good once back together, but there was too much light around the voltmeter.
I pulled it all apart, removed the faceplate of the voltmeter, and the faceplate of the ammeter. I had to drill small holes in the ammeter faceplate, then put that behind the voltmeter faceplate and put it all back together.
I'm pretty happy with it. Although it's a little tight, from the driver position, you can still see every gauge. With the lights on, the tach is way brighter than the other gauges. We'll see if that bothers me. Maybe I can do something to filter that light.
Here's one shot that shows how I mounted the tachometer.
I didn't love the idea of drilling holes, but I figured that even if I want to return things to stock, the holes are hard to see, and the housing is in need of refinishing anyway.