Gauge resto cost?

[mickey356]

On my long list of "maybe I'll......" is gauge restoration for my 68 912. The clock doesn't work and the oil temp is done as well, but I have an aftermarket on the knee pad. Fuel, speedo (in kph) and tach are operational.
I did a search and see lots of nice work from Palo Alto and North Hollywood but no one mentions what it cost. I'd like to know if it's worth doing, or if I should just but

[javadog]

It depends on what they have to do. I paid around $900 to restore my 914-6 gauges, so I'd expect to spend more than that for a full set of 911 gauges.

JR

[Fixer]

I restore them myself. They come up nice. These I did for a customers '67 912 that was having rust/metal repaired. Pm me if you want advice..
To answer your question on price, the going rate is $1600-$2000 for restoration [Palo Alto] -Matt

[javadog]

I'd love to see how you get the bezels on and off, if you have a technique that's different from gently prying them off with a small screwdriver.

JR

[mickey356]

Wow Fixer, that's pretty damn nice work there!!!
There is/was a guy in the DC area that does clock repair for something like $100. And I can get a working oil temp gauge for a little more than that so I guess that answers my question. $1500-$2000 is a bit steep. Not saying it's not worth it, just money that can be spent of other, more critical things.
Thanks as always.

[Fixer]

double post, i hate when that happens..

[Fixer]

Originally Posted by javadog

I'd love to see how you get the bezels on and off, if you have a technique that's different from gently prying them off with a small screwdriver.

JR

I use a television [to pass the time] and a couple different screwdrivers.

Originally Posted by mickey356

Wow Fixer, that's pretty damn nice work there!!!
There is/was a guy in the DC area that does clock repair for something like $100. And I can get a working oil temp gauge for a little more than that so I guess that answers my question. $1500-$2000 is a bit steep. Not saying it's not worth it, just money that can be spent of other, more critical things.
Thanks as always.

It took me about 8 hours but i charged him for only 6 hours [$450] b/c he had a lot of more serious rust repairs to pay for. Just do it yourself, it's always more than the original quote. $1600 is average..

[Cairo94507]

I think $1,500 to $2,000 is in the ballpark. Palo Alto Speedo is doing my gauges. I made some minor modifications but they are exactly what I wanted in my Six. Hartmut is a great guy and they do outstanding work

[Cairo94507]

Here is my "new" tachometer and oil pressure gauge.

[Cairo94507]

Here is the "new" combo gauge.

[plexiform]

beautiful!

[Cairo94507]

I do not have a picture of the speedo. It is just a late model 6 digit odometer with the silver dot to match the rest. I added the extra digit as my car has 89,654 original miles and I had them set the new odometer to that same mileage. I wanted it to not reset to zero at 100K.

[kevin.bodman1]

I would try Shannon at Red/line gauges.They are out of Newhall California.Nice peopl his mother is the secratary.Excellent work

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[GH85Carrera]

If you have your gauges rebuilt, for sure put in a volt meter!

Unless you are going for a 100% concours car you want a volt meter.



This is what I did on my 85. It also gets rid of the annoying shift light. I bought a used gauge, and had it modified. I still have my OEM gauge for the next owner if I ever sell the car.

[famoroso]

I picked up a spare set of gauges and Hartmut @ PA is fixin' to redo the whole shootin' match soon. We'll add a voltmeter to tach and do a 270 degree sweep 0, 30, 60, 90... 180 mph speedo with the pointer to rest at zero on the trip odometer reset button shaft. I wanted to delete the trip odometer in its entirety, including the counter, reset button and holes in the face & glass, and have the pointer rest at 6 o'clock but that will have to wait for the next car as it was outside the scope (read: "budget") of this project.

Apart from adding the voltmeter, I'm going minimalist by deleting a lot of the script across all the gauges...
Deleting all the "VDO" script.
Deleting parking light and high beam icons.
Junking the entire KMH scale from the speedo (I've always strongly disliked how busy dual scale speedos are).
Leaving the white pointer and minute markers off the clock. We are adding a provision for an additional light bulb to the clock to even out the illumination.
And a few other touches.

I'm a HUGE gauge guy, which is why I love the comprehensive instrumentation / 911 dash layout (I put a leather 911 Getty Design dash in my 914 back in the day). I am, so excited to get this gauge set in and then have PA do a sympathetic freshening (inspection, bezels and new glass, etc.) of my original excellent condition 55k mile gauges. Those will go into storage.

To me, one of the biggest disappointments about the 996 is the overlapping instrumentation. Not as bad as Z8's (not to mention Prius!!!) center mounted IPs, but I found either design / layout offensive.

[422flat6]

That looks great! Where does the triple cut out gauge come from? Custom or sourced from a later model 911?

Originally Posted by Cairo94507

Here is the "new" combo gauge.

[mickey356]

Well I suppose if you're gonna drop that kinda coin you might as well go all the way and do it up right.
I think my project that money can be spent elsewhere. Someday, when I go full out, I'll have my gauges done like those pictured above. Very VERY nice.

[Cairo94507]

Thanks guys. P. A. Speedo has the triple gauge cut out. Admittedly they are not inexpensive but this car has been a dream of mine for about 30 years.

[mattC2993]

North Hollywood Speedometer has been great to work with. They have done a few gauges for me and do nice work and stand behind it. Talk to Hartmut.

[famoroso]

Originally Posted by famoroso

I picked up a spare set of gauges and Hartmut @ PA is fixin' to redo the whole shootin' match soon. We'll add a voltmeter to tach and do a 270 degree sweep 0, 30, 60, 90... 180 mph speedo with the pointer to rest at zero on the trip odometer reset button shaft. I wanted to delete the trip odometer in its entirety, including the counter, reset button and holes in the face & glass, and have the pointer rest at 6 o'clock but that will have to wait for the next car as it was outside the scope (read: "budget") of this project.

Apart from adding the voltmeter, I'm going minimalist by deleting a lot of the script across all the gauges...
Deleting all the "VDO" script.
Deleting parking light and high beam icons.
Junking the entire KMH scale from the speedo (I've always strongly disliked how busy dual scale speedos are).
Leaving the white pointer and minute markers off the clock. We are adding a provision for an additional light bulb to the clock to even out the illumination.
And a few other touches.

I'm a HUGE gauge guy, which is why I love the comprehensive instrumentation / 911 dash layout (I put a leather 911 Getty Design dash in my 914 back in the day). I am, so excited to get this gauge set in and then have PA do a sympathetic freshening (inspection, bezels and new glass, etc.) of my original excellent condition 55k mile gauges. Those will go into storage.

To me, one of the biggest disappointments about the 996 is the overlapping instrumentation. Not as bad as Z8's (not to mention Prius!!!) center mounted IPs, but I found either design / layout offensive.