Instrument cluster bezel source

[fatherdoug]

http://www.docskustom.com/124672.html

Has anybody tried one of these or heard about them? It's a $150 without the gauges, but would still be much cheaper than the Dakota Digital setup.

 

[LEB Ben]

Never heard of them before, but I bet you could find a local machine shop to make it for half that price. That being said, say you did buy that panel for $150 plus shipping, then you still have to buy 6 gauges...even if you bought cheapies, a speedo and tack would be 80 each, trans temp, water temp, oil pressure and fuel gauage would be a minimum of $30 each. So you're in to it for a minimum of $430 plus shipping. For a cleaner look, I'd be willing to lay out a little more cash for a stock replacement dash. Personally, I've never been a fan of those types of inserts...and if I were, I'd just rivet in a piece of sheet metal for under $10.

 

[UNRULEE]

If memory serves me right the later Ford vans have clusters liks that one that don't have the three divisions in it like the factory one.

I say get one of those off of eBay, buy some aluminum flat, drill whatever pattern you want for gauges and enjoy the savings (it seems that's what happened in the link you posted).