oil Pressure & Water temp. gauges

[ModelA29]

This is a toss up question. If the car is 12volt neg ground I'd use the electric gauges. If it's still 6v mechanical gauges are the way to go. I'd only install a water temp. There is a single bracket that fits below the speedo and looks like it belongs. As others have said monitoring oil pressure is not critical. You'll want to find a gauge that reads 20 pounds max just so you can see the needle move. Most new gauges are 60-80 pound. I've seen gauges screwed into the oil galley on the right side of the block. I'm going to do that when I finish the restoration of my old MotoMeter oil gauge.

My temp gauge is boring to watch. With my Brassworks pressure radiator, thermostat and plastic fan it's always glued at 160. It might be fun though to watch a passenger worry about the imminent explosion under the hood watching you drive around with 3 pounds of oil pressure on a 60 pound gauge.