Installing gauges in the oval?

[thebucket]

I was curious if there was a slick place to mount extra gauges on the oval without cutting up my virgin dash? I was thinking of running a motometer plate with autometer gauges. Will I have to do any dash trimming? Anyone done this? Pics would help. My only other idea was to mount them on the tunnel?
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[53 0val]

You will have to cut your dash if you choose the Motometer Panel. It is not easy to do correctly and will take you a couple of hours. I would not suggest it unless you really want that look.

[56_in_714]

VDO has one of those mounting plates for the guages. You'd have to drill some wholes on the underside of the dash. They look pretty cool too. Or i think ive seen someone in here who plased them on their parcel tray. I dont know how the kept them from rolling around
Maybe one of these will be to your liking http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1762

[coad]

Here's what you need to do to your dash. Not a pretty sight:

[Ragman]

Search is your friend. I put them on my parcel tray on that works pretty good. I used zip ties to secure them the webing.

Here's a post with some info/pics:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=68424&highlight=tach[/

[53 0val]

Coad's picture is about right------What it doesn't show is the sprained wrist when that drill bites. Never again!!!!!!!

[coad]

Here's a clean solution. Get a MotoMeter or VDO gauge holder that straps onto the steering wheel column. It's a period accessory, looks good, can be adjusted to suit your driving position and can be removed in 5 minutes if you change your mind:

http://thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=72795

That's the route I'm taking on my car. Holds most standard sized German gauges froom the 50's and 60's.

[justbuggin]

I've just picked up a whole bunch of original 1950's VW tech bulletins & VW themselves reccomend cutting a f*ckin great hole in your oval dash. It even shows pics & tells you how to do it. EEK!
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1958 Rag Cal Import
T25 Panel Van

[oval56]

also a nice place to fix gauges in your dash is in the glove box door ( ned also much work but is replaced in 5 minutes into original condition)

http://www.oval56.de/zubehoerpic/Amaturenbrett.jpg

for motometer gauges or vdo you have to maka a very big cut in your dashboard....

http://www.oval56.de/zubehoerpic/VDO_3er.jpg

an other nice method ist this
http://www.vw-reeder.de/seiten/picszub/ac25.jpg

you have to drill only two times to fix it under the dash...