I had a bunch of 52mm VDO old style gauges so I thought I would see how they would fit inside the stock 60mm gauge. Turns out they are drop in. You simply use the spacer rings from the two gauges and you have plug and play(new plastic ones won't work).. Sent them to North Hollywood for rings ($135). Used the later Volt so all the gauge faces are the same size, plus I liked the bright markings.

Slick.

Looking good!

You may notice that the later voltage gauge is pretty heavily filtered, so it does not react nearly as strongly to things light the turn signal or brake lights...

--DD

Awesome!

Does 914Sixer do this type of gauge/kit?

With silver dot too?

Sorry, I have never tackled one of those. Installing silver center is easy though. Destroy a combo fuel gauge and drill out the center post rivet. Pop base off and transfer hole location to three way gauge center. Rivet on post and glue cap.

Actually easier to just cut a new piece of 1/4" plywood to the new gauge sizes and recover. No extra rings required.

How about one like the one you sold except with oil pressure instead of temp?

Three way requires lots of cutting on the back and redrilling holes.

What about two way with Pressure instead of temp? like the one pictured above

I pulled the trim rings because the needles were faded and the glass was clouded.

Three way conversion works best with later 75-76 that only has one hole cut in the bottom.

Great idea and results...

I did something similar for a special build I'm working on.

Different requirements from your gauges but a common theme here, custom shrunken gauges

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