just wondering if anyone had them in a 1600? if so do you have trouble seeing them? where did you mount them?

thanks graham

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It starts stops and steers. Who cares about indicators and a speedo.

i mounted mine under the ash tray. but mount them to the metal bar, not the plastic

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- 1972 Datsun 1600 S15 SR20DET

i am not goign to mount mech gauges inside the car.

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It starts stops and steers. Who cares about indicators and a speedo.

OH YES YOU ARE!!!!

I spose it they would go along good with my nuclear rod gear stick.

i have sorta thought that they will not fit on the grille but before the wipers because of the bonnet but maybe on the bonnet itself??

graham

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It starts stops and steers. Who cares about indicators and a speedo.

this is andrews car from the turbophile site, don't know how legal it'd be but anyways...

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Dave W

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I don't care how legal that is

Damm what a waste of a good bonnet.
Things people do

Sad

soo

sad

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1970 P510 SSS sedan
1971 P510 wagon + spare shell
197? 180B SSS Coupe
1981 910 SSS with Z18et, Leather interior

cheap mexican guages as well.
still i guess what ever turns you on.

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Hope that oil pressure guage isn't 100% mechanical

Any one spell disaster when oil line ruptures while driving car in rain

Hot oil over windscreen

Fun
Fun
Fun

Hmm, it is full mechanical.

Deffinatly not legal.

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1970 P510 SSS sedan
1971 P510 wagon + spare shell
197? 180B SSS Coupe
1981 910 SSS with Z18et, Leather interior

I couldn't agree more.
Such a nice 1600, what with the Weber fed L-motor !!
Ruined by those guages on the bonnet.

For petes sake don't get mechanical guages.
They were fine until electricity was discovered.

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1975 P610/180B SSS ex PRC3 Rally car (parts car)
1974 P610/180B SSS (parts car)
1972 P510/1600 Currently sitting untouched
1977 P610/180B Wagon Daily Driver

geez such strong views on the mech gauge..........ok then what about fitting 3 x 2 1/16 size elec gauges in to the part where most poeple put there cd player?? or 3x 2 5/8 in there? does anyone have any pics of there dash?

graham

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It starts stops and steers. Who cares about indicators and a speedo.

Honestly.

I have had all guages needed/wanted fitted to cars in the past.

You watch them like a hawk for three weeks or so, then you forget they are there.

One thing I did do was place a large tacho where the clock or blanking plate was, and fitted some high powered led's to the top of shroud to replace the oil, charge and handbrake light.


I feel something like that is something more usefull.

As you are visually alerted straight away, exactly when you need it.

You will normally miss a problem with guages.

I have also seen people ad guages to top of dash, with handmade binnicle moulded into the dash.

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1970 P510 SSS sedan
1971 P510 wagon + spare shell
197? 180B SSS Coupe
1981 910 SSS with Z18et, Leather interior

i will be getting a 3 3/8 speedo and tacho. not to worry about the mech gauge as seeing it on that other 1600 made me rethink it a touch. i might just stick with the idea of 3 x 2/16 in the stero hole thing below the heater controls.

graham

didt you have any links for other pics of interior/dash

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It starts stops and steers. Who cares about indicators and a speedo.

Graham here is a picture of mine mounted in the car sorry its not the best photo but you get the idea and yes they are all mechanical

Luke

Here are a couple of pics of my gauge setup. They are electrical not mechanical though. The three gauges in the middle are housed in an Autometer triple gauge holder which fits in the Datto radio hole without modifications.

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1971 Datsun P510 SR20DET 276 rwkW
2005 Mercedes AMG E55 350 kW
1969 Datsun P510 L20B EFI 95 rwkW
1975 Ford XB Fairmont GS Wagon 179rwhp
1980 Escort Van SR20DET unfinished
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