Thursday, October 6, 2011

Electrical finished, cluster and dash closed.

The electrical is finished and everything works.
Before closing the dash, I fixed the warped cluster housing.
The hydraulic pressure bulb is a 6V bulb but the blinker and high-beam bulbs are 12V to make them dimmer. It makes sense for the high-beam since you only use it at night and it would be annoying to be blinded by a dash light, but I've changed the blinker bulb with a 6V; it is very difficult to see it in day light (Especially the flasher is silent now).


Making sure that the bulbs are working (The piece is upside down on the picture).



The cluster was manufactured on December 17th 1956; surely a very early US export cluster.



The cluster housing/surrounding piece was wrapped on the top, which is very common.


I've glued a piece of metal to keep it straight.




Looking good now.


The dash is closed up.

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