Gauge Mounting Advice/Ideas

[EagleChief]

OK. So... after my engine swap, none of my gauges work. Well, I take that back... they didn't work before the swap. My fuel gauge works, but nothing else. I have one of the 3 gauge pods under the dash for my temp/oil pressure/volts.

I purchased an inexpensive gauge kit from Amazon with a GPS speedometer to retrofit into the dash. My issue is, although the gauges fit into the dash locations just fine, they do not have anything on the back side of the dash to help mount them. They have this screw-on back that is supposed to hold the gauge to a mounting point if that makes sense. I need a backing of some sort to place behind the black/silver dash face that I could sandwich between the dash face and gauges, then use the screw on backing to snug up to the material that I use as a backing.

One thought that I have is: Use one of my old dashboards to mount everything to. I have a full intact gauge set, with the acrylic/clear face plate that still has all of the numbers and markings on it. My first thought is that clear face plate would be the perfect piece to use. Cut out the area where the stock gauges go and mount the new gauges in place.

Is it sacreligious to cut up a dash like that? I know there are people out there looking for dashboards/gauges/etc. But... it would work for my set up. I'm not going to go out and immediately destroy this thing, but I'd like some other ideas of what I could use. I'll try and link the gauge package that I bought so you can have an idea of what they look like. I don't feel like I explained my thoughts very well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4DD23WX...sin_title&th=1