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Luvlegs · 02-21-2014, 01:15 PM

Hey all - it's been a loooong time since I've posted anything - just getting reunited with the site again (went through the second AND LAST/FINAL/Never again... big D...did I say NEVER???).

Anywho, I can't get to my truck because I can't figure out what this gm product came out of. It came in a '59 stude I'm working on (PO). Until I can get the answer, I can't get this done and back to my truck...

It took a while to figure out how to relate it to my '72 before I posted... I know most of the traffic is in this area so I tried to make it about the '72

It has part numbers on the back - found all kinds of stuff online - only comes back as chevrolet 83-85 light truck... 10 hours online, I can't ID it. It looks CLOSE to the regular truck dashes but it has idiot lights in the middle. Looks similiar to van dashes as well... I can't ID it. Anyone???

I promise to get back on my truck once I get this done. Thanks all!

**too much stuff** · 02-21-2014, 03:23 PM

Looks like maybe s-10

burnin oil · 02-21-2014, 03:37 PM

I am going to go with what you found online. That does not look like any S10 dash that I have had. The early models had a dome over them for lenses before the funky arched version came out around 87. Other than the idiot lights I would say that it came out of a truck and had the end pieces cut off. My only other thought is something like a motorhome on a van chasis. I would think that it would be the same wiring plug so the exact id wouldnt matter. Follow the circuit board and repin the plug to work.

tommys72 · 02-21-2014, 03:44 PM

Looks like the gauges I put in my 77 scottsdale I had, or very close...that was a while back. They came out of a 84 chevy truck...but it had the ends as said above

big d's red67 · 02-21-2014, 04:13 PM

looks like mid 80's van to me.

mario1128 · 02-21-2014, 04:18 PM

chevy chevette 1980s i had one a looooong time ago

mario1128 · 02-21-2014, 04:21 PM

Thats what the guages came out of i got the same gauge cluster in the garage

hugger6933 · 02-21-2014, 04:38 PM

Glad that was taken care of I could promise It was not of S-10. I built S-trucks. I had At least one of every year model through the entire run up to a couple of hundred of some. Man I loved those trucks, they fed clothed and educated my kids in school, or at least the money they brought did. With the help of a few dozen Silverados. But I just said that to say this I had been through a few S-10's/S-15[remember the GMC's too]and none were like that. Jim

Luvlegs · 02-22-2014, 02:26 AM

Thanks all. I will start looking some more to confirm what's been suggested. If I can ID it, then the wiring harness can be deciphered and gauges replaced with some cool stuff. I'll post some pics in the proper area when I get some progress made. Man I've missed this site!

**chev3600** · 02-22-2014, 09:15 AM

I think Mario solved your puzzle. They look like chevette gauges. Now push the stude out of the way and DRIVE your truck.

Luvlegs · 02-23-2014, 10:58 AM

Found ONE set of pictures on the net so far that DO confirm chevette. Next issue is to figure out how they were able to get them to work on an entire wiring harness for an 85'ish chevy pickup... no harness molestation apparent either.... anywhoooo, going to pick up some book cases in the next day or two so it's time to fire up the ol' truck and get rolling. Probably going to wash it today too, just to do it! HA.

02-21-2014, 01:15 PM	#1
Luvlegs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Smith Mountain Lake Virginia Posts: 1,537	unknown dash keeping me from my truck... Hey all - it's been a loooong time since I've posted anything - just getting reunited with the site again (went through the second AND LAST/FINAL/Never again... big D...did I say NEVER???). Anywho, I can't get to my truck because I can't figure out what this gm product came out of. It came in a '59 stude I'm working on (PO). Until I can get the answer, I can't get this done and back to my truck... It took a while to figure out how to relate it to my '72 before I posted... I know most of the traffic is in this area so I tried to make it about the '72 It has part numbers on the back - found all kinds of stuff online - only comes back as chevrolet 83-85 light truck... 10 hours online, I can't ID it. It looks CLOSE to the regular truck dashes but it has idiot lights in the middle. Looks similiar to van dashes as well... I can't ID it. Anyone??? I promise to get back on my truck once I get this done. Thanks all! Attached Images __________________ "A cat will almost always blink when hit between the eyes with a ball peen hammer" (you don't always have to state the obvious) Wear your PPE! You can eat with false teeth but you can't see with a false eye. 1959 Studebaker Silverhawk 350/400 1972 C10 L6 3OTT 2005 F350 - Built - whew!

02-21-2014, 03:23 PM	#2
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,712	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... Looks like maybe s-10 __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

02-21-2014, 03:37 PM	#3
burnin oil Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Eastern TN Posts: 1,921	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... I am going to go with what you found online. That does not look like any S10 dash that I have had. The early models had a dome over them for lenses before the funky arched version came out around 87. Other than the idiot lights I would say that it came out of a truck and had the end pieces cut off. My only other thought is something like a motorhome on a van chasis. I would think that it would be the same wiring plug so the exact id wouldnt matter. Follow the circuit board and repin the plug to work.

02-21-2014, 03:44 PM	#4
tommys72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: springfield mo Posts: 3,075	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... Looks like the gauges I put in my 77 scottsdale I had, or very close...that was a while back. They came out of a 84 chevy truck...but it had the ends as said above __________________ United States Marine Corps 2000-2011 Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Just living life now and enjoying it and my wife, daughter and son

02-21-2014, 04:13 PM	#5
big d's red67 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Broken Arrow Okla. Posts: 510	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... looks like mid 80's van to me. __________________ 1967 swb 454 cid 700R4 trans SOLD 2006 Chevy Trailblazer SS 2013 Camaro RS convertible the wife's Build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=573248

02-21-2014, 04:18 PM	#6
mario1128 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: cheshire ct Posts: 55	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... chevy chevette 1980s i had one a looooong time ago __________________ 72 chevy former 1ton converted to 1/2 ton roller 350 engine , turbo 350 and a 12 bolt on leafsprings with a flip and drop springs

02-21-2014, 04:21 PM	#7
mario1128 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: cheshire ct Posts: 55	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... Thats what the guages came out of i got the same gauge cluster in the garage __________________ 72 chevy former 1ton converted to 1/2 ton roller 350 engine , turbo 350 and a 12 bolt on leafsprings with a flip and drop springs

02-21-2014, 04:38 PM	#8
hugger6933 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marianna Arkansas Posts: 7,261	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... Glad that was taken care of I could promise It was not of S-10. I built S-trucks. I had At least one of every year model through the entire run up to a couple of hundred of some. Man I loved those trucks, they fed clothed and educated my kids in school, or at least the money they brought did. With the help of a few dozen Silverados. But I just said that to say this I had been through a few S-10's/S-15[remember the GMC's too]and none were like that. Jim

02-22-2014, 02:26 AM	#9
Luvlegs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Smith Mountain Lake Virginia Posts: 1,537	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... Thanks all. I will start looking some more to confirm what's been suggested. If I can ID it, then the wiring harness can be deciphered and gauges replaced with some cool stuff. I'll post some pics in the proper area when I get some progress made. Man I've missed this site! __________________ "A cat will almost always blink when hit between the eyes with a ball peen hammer" (you don't always have to state the obvious) Wear your PPE! You can eat with false teeth but you can't see with a false eye. 1959 Studebaker Silverhawk 350/400 1972 C10 L6 3OTT 2005 F350 - Built - whew!

02-22-2014, 09:15 AM	#10
chev3600 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 444	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... I think Mario solved your puzzle. They look like chevette gauges. Now push the stude out of the way and DRIVE your truck. __________________ 1949/1954 with LS swap-yeah! http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/i...0/AD%20trucks/jumbled mess of unorganized photos

02-23-2014, 10:58 AM	#11
Luvlegs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Smith Mountain Lake Virginia Posts: 1,537	Re: unknown dash keeping me from my truck... Found ONE set of pictures on the net so far that DO confirm chevette. Next issue is to figure out how they were able to get them to work on an entire wiring harness for an 85'ish chevy pickup... no harness molestation apparent either.... anywhoooo, going to pick up some book cases in the next day or two so it's time to fire up the ol' truck and get rolling. Probably going to wash it today too, just to do it! HA. __________________ "A cat will almost always blink when hit between the eyes with a ball peen hammer" (you don't always have to state the obvious) Wear your PPE! You can eat with false teeth but you can't see with a false eye. 1959 Studebaker Silverhawk 350/400 1972 C10 L6 3OTT 2005 F350 - Built - whew!



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