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ljneu · 07-13-2015, 06:25 AM

I had an line on a gentlemen and misplaced it . I need a stock gauge panel rebuilt and changed to 12volt with senders. Thanks

john worden · 07-13-2015, 07:45 AM

APT Instruments Bloomington Minnesota.

svmsr1044 · 07-13-2015, 04:50 PM

Baxter Ford Parts, Lawrence,KS
Good people who do good work!

TomT/Williamsburg · 07-13-2015, 05:28 PM

Not trying to be a wise guy and this is a non-stock unit but Classic Instruments has a really nice gauge panel all ready to go - real nice looking for $900 I think it is, all 12 volt and all new gauges and electronic speedo.

51504bat · 07-13-2015, 05:30 PM

Might try Williamsons: http://www.williamsons.com/
Also there's a Barner in Portland, OR who has been referred to in prior posts as doing good work but his name escapes me at the moment. CRS.

51504bat · 07-13-2015, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 51504bat

Might try Williamsons: http://www.williamsons.com/
Also there's a Barner in Portland, OR who has been referred to in prior posts as doing good work but his name escapes me at the moment. CRS.

Remembered the guy from Portland: http://www.morrisgauge.com/

estout81 · 07-13-2015, 07:07 PM

Keep the stock gauges and sending units then put a NAPA# IR1 instrument voltage regulator in series with gauges. That's what Ford did years ago and it works fine.

deucemac · 07-14-2015, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by estout81

Keep the stock gauges and sending units then put a NAPA# IR1 instrument voltage regulator in series with gauges. That's what Ford did years ago and it works fine.

I have also done that and even used more modern Ford units with the sweep the same direction. To use one, all I ever did was swap the gauge face and needle with the old Ford unit and install ( using the Napa Cvr of course)

JonC · 07-14-2015, 03:50 PM

I'll second Baxters beautiful job on my 40 p/u gage cluster, they sent it ready to go with 12 V.

morrisgauge · 07-16-2015, 10:58 AM

With what you have described, any gauge shop should be able to handle the job. If you have all your original King Seeley sending units in good working order, you could put a voltage regulator in, but you should still have your speedometer gone through. When we perform a 12 volt conversion of this nature, we build solid state voltage drop units per gauge and calibrate them to modern senders. Modern senders are MUCH more readily replaced in contrast to the original King Seeley points style, as you can imagine. The temperature gauge movement needs to be swapped out from a right to left movement to a left to right movement, as the original sender and modern sender operate in opposite fashion. Other than that, a basic cosmetic clean up and refinishing the housing is pretty basic service.

www.morrisgauge.com

07-13-2015, 06:25 AM	#1
ljneu Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 147	who rebuilds 40 ford gauge panels I had an line on a gentlemen and misplaced it . I need a stock gauge panel rebuilt and changed to 12volt with senders. Thanks

07-13-2015, 07:45 AM	#2
john worden Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: central Iowa Posts: 484	Re: who rebuilds 40 ford gauge panels APT Instruments Bloomington Minnesota. __________________ Louvering, bias ply tire-truing, metal shaping and forming, lathe and mill work, member shop HAGERTY Ins. expert repair network. High quality paint work in Iowa.

07-13-2015, 04:50 PM	#3
svmsr1044 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ivyland, PA Posts: 116	Re: who rebuilds 40 ford gauge panels Baxter Ford Parts, Lawrence,KS Good people who do good work!

07-13-2015, 05:28 PM	#4
TomT/Williamsburg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Williamsburg, Virginia Posts: 2,658	Re: who rebuilds 40 ford gauge panels Not trying to be a wise guy and this is a non-stock unit but Classic Instruments has a really nice gauge panel all ready to go - real nice looking for $900 I think it is, all 12 volt and all new gauges and electronic speedo.

07-13-2015, 05:30 PM	#5
51504bat Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: SoCal-Redlands Posts: 3,085	Re: who rebuilds 40 ford gauge panels Might try Williamsons: http://www.williamsons.com/ Also there's a Barner in Portland, OR who has been referred to in prior posts as doing good work but his name escapes me at the moment. CRS. __________________ Making the simple complicated for over 30 years.

07-13-2015, 07:07 PM	#7
estout81 BANNED Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Utica, Ohio Posts: 522	Re: who rebuilds 40 ford gauge panels Keep the stock gauges and sending units then put a NAPA# IR1 instrument voltage regulator in series with gauges. That's what Ford did years ago and it works fine.

07-14-2015, 03:50 PM	#9
JonC Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Central NY Posts: 629	Re: who rebuilds 40 ford gauge panels I'll second Baxters beautiful job on my 40 p/u gage cluster, they sent it ready to go with 12 V.

07-16-2015, 10:58 AM	#10
morrisgauge Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 86	Re: who rebuilds 40 ford gauge panels With what you have described, any gauge shop should be able to handle the job. If you have all your original King Seeley sending units in good working order, you could put a voltage regulator in, but you should still have your speedometer gone through. When we perform a 12 volt conversion of this nature, we build solid state voltage drop units per gauge and calibrate them to modern senders. Modern senders are MUCH more readily replaced in contrast to the original King Seeley points style, as you can imagine. The temperature gauge movement needs to be swapped out from a right to left movement to a left to right movement, as the original sender and modern sender operate in opposite fashion. Other than that, a basic cosmetic clean up and refinishing the housing is pretty basic service. www.morrisgauge.com