67-72 Electric speedo

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Originally Posted by mcbassin

I really like this modification. Any more specifics on how to wire it? How expensive is it to do this? Guesstimate? Do you own the graphics you had done? Thanks for sharing
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There's only 3 wires to hook up to the speedo to make it work, power, ground, and VSS signal. Wiring up the whole cluster since you can't use the printed circut takes a little longer though.

As for cost, I have about $200 in the first one I did, that's for the speedometer, doesn't include the whole cluster and the tach. I spent most of the money on having the graphics part done and getting it printed. I do own the graphics I had made, but I can't do anything with them, so the guy at the print shop has them on his computer and can print them whenever I need them. The speedometer parts came from a pick a part as did the sockets for all the lights and the plug to be able to unplug it to remove it. The main reason I went ahead and spent the money to try it is I knew I would be doing more for future projects and when you spilt the costs up, it's not that bad. The other reasons are that Cable-X's are getting more expensive and don't work as well as they used to, and I cant stand the look of aftermarket gauges in an otherwise stock looking truck.

I probably have around $50 in the dash I put together for my beater truck and that's including the clock and voltmeter mods too. Here's some pics of the one I just got done putting together for the beater.