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Imp58Alpes |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 558 Location: Grenoble - France | 1958 Imperial with kph speedo. (DashNight01.jpg) (DashNight02.jpg) Attachments ---------------- DashNight01.jpg (95KB - 272 downloads) DashNight02.jpg (84KB - 283 downloads) | ||
T-34 |
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Veteran Posts: 117 Location: Kättilstorp Sweden | A question here. Last winter I changed all dash lightbulbs (2w) and thought that this wold be nice bu I was very dissapointed, I had very "weak" light so now I wonder how strong bulbs can I use. Is it okay to use 4w or do the going to ruin and melt " the surroundings"? Magnus | ||
ttotired |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8443 Location: Perth Australia | Best to hunt up l.e.d lights It will be brighter, without the heat I think Neil did a thread on this a year or so ago To make it brighter without the melt, you might have to repaint the inside of your gauges or at least clean in there | ||
T-34 |
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Veteran Posts: 117 Location: Kättilstorp Sweden | Okay. May be better with led. light but I think you will miss the "dimmer" function. Not sure but I think so. Magnus | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13049 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Magnus, the speedometer light bulbs should be of type "57" that is like 3,36 watts, so, yes a 2 watt would be too weak. You could mount 5 watt bulbs and not give them full power by the rheostat....... | ||
1960DesotoAdventurer |
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Expert Posts: 3588 Location: Plymouth Spaceport | Does anyone have a picture of the 1961 Plymouth dash lit up at night? I was wondering if they glow green. | ||
jimntempe |
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Expert Posts: 2312 Location: Arizona | wizard - 2013-10-12 10:08 AM Magnus, the speedometer light bulbs should be of type "57" that is like 3,36 watts, so, yes a 2 watt would be too weak. You could mount 5 watt bulbs and not give them full power by the rheostat....... That will "work" the rheostat hard and possibly burn it out. | ||
brdtee |
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Veteran Posts: 263 Location: Pieksamaki, Finland, Europe | Does anyone have a picture of 1957 Chrysler dash at night? I am restoring mine and as I have never seen it lights on I have few questions: 1) What color the lighting should be? White, green? 2) Are the letters in speedo and other gauges just white or do they have fluorescent/phosphorous effet on them, I mean do they glow green at night? 3) What paint/technique you have used when re-painting the numbers and letters to the plexiglas? (201907.jpg) (201908.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 201907.jpg (398KB - 236 downloads) 201908.jpg (275KB - 239 downloads) | ||
Phil_the_frenchie |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 915 Location: Pau, S-W France | A little enhanced On the last pic, the triangular tape must be green, for the pic i put what i have ... Other explanations here http://www.ch300imp.com/compteur_us.htm Edited by Phil_the_frenchie 2019-03-02 9:32 AM (P1160161 [1024x768].JPG) (P1160163 [1024x768].JPG) (imp-argt83 (Copier).jpg) (imp-argt86.jpg) Attachments ---------------- P1160161 [1024x768].JPG (71KB - 230 downloads) P1160163 [1024x768].JPG (62KB - 205 downloads) imp-argt83 (Copier).jpg (191KB - 240 downloads) imp-argt86.jpg (229KB - 234 downloads) | ||
brdtee |
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Veteran Posts: 263 Location: Pieksamaki, Finland, Europe | Phil_the_frenchie - 2019-03-02 4:25 PM A little enhanced On the last pic, the triangular tape must be green, for the pic i put what i have ... Other explanations here http://www.ch300imp.com/compteur_us.htm Imperial has a different style setup than Chrysler which has letters and numbers on the plexiglas covers. Here's what Chrysler gauge/clock bottoms look like. Background color has been green? Blue? Blueish green? (gauges.jpg) Attachments ---------------- gauges.jpg (278KB - 233 downloads) | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | Quick pic of the dash of my '62 NY Wagon; | ||
normsclassicradio |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 303 Location: Kalispell, MT USA | 1964 Dodge 880 at night. Norm (20180309_204259.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20180309_204259.jpg (29KB - 231 downloads) | ||
ABloch |
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Expert Posts: 1476 Location: Pacific Northwest | I went with the green as well. (green.jpg) Attachments ---------------- green.jpg (167KB - 185 downloads) | ||
1960fury |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7400 Location: northern germany | My 61 Fury. The green glowing transluscent buttons are hard to beat Edited by 1960fury 2019-09-15 4:21 AM (61dash2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 61dash2.jpg (24KB - 186 downloads) | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | Hard to focus at too You'll need a steady hand or doorpost to rest your phone/camera against for it to focus properly in the dark. In addition to my '62-NY wagon dash pics earlier, here's the dash of my '60 NewYorker at night; Edited by BigBlockMopar 2019-09-15 2:44 PM | ||
ABloch |
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Expert Posts: 1476 Location: Pacific Northwest | Astrodome is the best dash. EVER! | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | My 57 New Yorker (20190409_215805.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20190409_215805.jpg (181KB - 197 downloads) | ||
chipplake1 |
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Veteran Posts: 143 Location: Chippewa Lake, OH | What about interiors?! Attachments ---------------- B8FEA898-8196-4066-BF32-85832A79CC2F.jpeg (179KB - 203 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | My 58 De Soto: I recently installed green LEDs to replace the white bulbs - totally different look! (Dash at Night.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Dash at Night.jpg (213KB - 178 downloads) | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9904 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Lancer Mike - 2019-10-06 9:53 PM My 58 De Soto: I recently installed green LEDs to replace the white bulbs - totally different look! Looks good. Tell us more. (as in which bulb type and where from?) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Hi, Dave: I ordered the BA9s LEDs from SuperBrite. I bought several whites, a red for the headlight brights indicator, and several greens. I didn't know at the time whether to go with the whites or the greens for the instruments. I had a '58 Plymouth with the green lights so I tried greens on the De Soto. All of our cars are a little different, but the De Soto dash was moderately easy to remove and get behind to replace the light bulbs. LEDs do not dim, however. They are either on or they are off. I have forgotten the price already, but it wasn't a big ticket for all the bulbs. SuperBrite is usually running a promotional offer on the website and you can usually get ten or fifteen percent off the listed price by entering a code. | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9904 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Thanks Mike. So these guys: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/ba9s-ba7s/ba9s-led-bulb-1-l... In addition to colours, they mention beam angle, i.e. 90 deg and 120 deg. Do you have a suggestion? | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Those are them! I chose the wider beam. I don't know if it would make a big difference in our dash pods, though. | ||
moparwannabe |
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Regular Posts: 51 Location: Lödöse | My 57 Royal (Dash.JPG) Attachments ---------------- Dash.JPG (92KB - 165 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | cool! My favorite instrument cluster is the '57 and '58 Dodge! | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | This thread made me realize I didn't have any night pictures of my gauge cluster, so I took a pic of my ('57 NYer) gauges at night. (20191101_214202.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20191101_214202.jpg (429KB - 159 downloads) | ||
normsclassicradio |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 303 Location: Kalispell, MT USA | Oh man, you forgot to turn the flash off! | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | LOL. I took that shot too, but you can't really see much. I guess it's more accurate though. (20191101_214146.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20191101_214146.jpg (368KB - 164 downloads) | ||
brdtee |
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Veteran Posts: 263 Location: Pieksamaki, Finland, Europe | '57 Chrysler gauge testing ...lettering & numbers redone with white which glows in the dark and re-capped the bulb with green cover which isn't 1:1 match to the bit more blueish green faded original. (57dash.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 57dash.jpg (181KB - 154 downloads) | ||
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