Here is an update on my gauge project. I cut the top two gauge hole piece out, then cut the vent section out and fitted the gauge piece in. Took it down to my friend Chris, who has a plastic welder, and he glued it together. He stuck the corners together with a little plastic then used a product called Fusor142 and ran a bead all around the back of the patched piece to strengthen it then he used his soldering iron welder tip and ran it around the seam on the face to smooth the seam then he hit it with a little sandpaper to clean it up a bit, and it turned out really good. Tonight I whittled on the vent piece I removed earlier and cut the radio spot out to fit it. The vent is recessed quite a bit more than the left side vent so I removed some of the depth to try and make it match, its probably a half inch deep now. The right side of the opening has a taper and its the wrong direction to sit in the bottom section so I cut the side and corner loose and heated it and pulled it over some so it more matches the right edge of the dash. The tricky part now is to get the slot filled it so it blends in good, will find out tomorrow. I really like the white face gauge faces that the place in Utah does so I called them today about all my gauges and they said no problem. I will have temp, volts, oil pressure and an air pressure gauge in the four stock holes with a 100 mph speedo and a five thousand rpm tach with the fuel gauge in it in the big holes, then a 60 lb boost gauge with a 1600 degree pyrometer in the two extra holes. I am getting autometer gauges for those two, then taking the bezels and glass lenses off so they can cover them to match the rest of the gauges. Should look pretty sweet! The next challenge will be getting the brushed stainless insert whipped up to cover the extra gauges, still thinking on how to do that one.
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