Just got my F600 dash complete

Post by **FORDification** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:06 am

Those panels will go a lot higher than that...most people don't bid until the last few minutes of an auction. Those will probably go for $75-$100 each.

hutch1973 · Post by **hutch1973** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:04 pm

I'm definately going to get the F600 grill for my truck. If any of ya'll are going to bid on those Keith put up let me know and I'll stay away from them. To those who have done the swap, are the factory gauges good, or is it better to swap in aftermarket into the panel?

acdc_kid · Post by **acdc_kid** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:12 pm

Wow, your truck looks amazing. Hopefully mine will look like that after my dad and I finish restoring it.

alvinator · Post by **alvinator** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:00 pm

Hey everyone, this is my first post since joining up, so i thought this would be a good place to start. I have the same guage panel for my truck. I decided to go with a powder coat inside of chrome plating. I had it powdercoated chrome. Can't tell that much difference but it was 1/2 the price of plating.

Post by **FORDification** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:23 pm

Do you have some pics? I'd be interested in seeing that.

Oh, and welcome to the forums!

alvinator · Post by **alvinator** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:46 am

okay, i have my gallery going and have a pic of the inside of the truck with the powdercoated guage panel

dcbullet · Post by **dcbullet** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:27 pm

alvinator wrote:okay, i have my gallery going and have a pic of the inside of the truck with the powdercoated guage panel

That does look sharp!

spartman · Post by **spartman** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:59 am

That is nice

hutch1973 · Post by **hutch1973** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:17 pm

That does look good. I just got my dash in the mail today off ebay, might just have it coated. The chrome is pretty rusted and it's not cleaning up too well.

Post by **FORDification** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:33 pm

What a coincidence....I just got another one in today from E-bay too. I got the painted '68-up version, complete with a vacuum gauge.

hutch1973 · Post by **hutch1973** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:40 pm

..I saw that you won that one. Took him long enough to get it shipped, huh? Mine has all the gauges too, I'm just going to try hunting down a tach.

alvinator · Post by **alvinator** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:29 pm

well, i live in the Dallas area and the place that did it for me, cost me $65 to get it powdercoated.

binder56jd · Post by **binder56jd** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:55 pm

cj- nice work on the dash and the truck-

jd

mrsnicks · Post by **mrsnicks** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:10 pm

I have the F600 dash with the gauges installed in my truck. Couple things I found, you will have to rewire for the turn signals to work. I just pulled the wires and flasher out of my out instrument cluster, and inserted the wires in the new cluster connector. If I remember correctly it was the upper outside right and left connector slots.

My set did not come with the vacuum gauge, or a tach. I am still looking for a vacuum gauge if anyone has one, and I found that the Jeep CJ tach makes a good match to the gauges currently in there. Get the OEM aftermarket replacement for the V8 (some have switches to do 4, 6, or 8 cyclinder).

Take a look and see what you think.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JEEP-PAR ... dZViewItem

long string I know. This is what I put in mine to match the existing gauges.

Patrick

Big D's 69 · Post by **Big D's 69** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:52 pm

Man I never knew about those F-600 dash bezels. Man that looks as good as the aftermarket one. Especially the chrome ones.

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