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I was gettin caught back up (lotta pages!) and I see the TOMFOOLERY in this here thread is progressing nicely. Please, by all means, carry on.
See, I revisited after I thought up something constructive to add for Console Boy and the Gas Mileage Kid.

How has the the seemingly innate desire to add LEDs to the dash lighting been so wholly overlooked?


If the shoe fits.... :D ?
 
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It is true, if you had what I had in one of my old trucks, Called a Motor Minder Vac gauge by Stewart Warner is what I had... If you drive by that and and realized how those jack rabbit starts actually affect your mpg, you become more self conscious of your driving habits and they do change. Mine was bigger, I think a 2.5 inch maybe a 3 inch. :shrug:

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I have been on the lookout for one of these since you posted this @HotRodPC .
Would be a cool addition.
 

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I’m sure it’s full of chinesium now though SW ain’t that hat it once was. Sadly
Yep, SW was at one time "top a the line", then it went down the crapper, sad indeed...
 

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Yep, SW was at one time "top a the line", then it went down the crapper, sad indeed...
I’ve posted my old SW tach and it works it just sucks it only goes to 5k or I’d be using it.
 

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http://r.ebay.com/5Gq4iI
They cost $235? Uhhhhh...

There's another one I found @ $180? I'm thinkin motorhome...need a better plan!

I'll find one eventually... I just bought a real live bonafide
Fold-A-Way bumper step for a measly $50! WITH instructions! and i've been lookin for one of those ever since long bolt / fan spacer / water pump guy spun the fan off his big block, if you remember that abortion....(nobody saw that comin) he's still around here somewhere....it was a great picture. Think i'll try to find it for teh lulz.
 
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I’ve posted my old SW tach and it works it just sucks it only goes to 5k or I’d be using it.
I hear ya, wish I would have kept mine along with the gauges..
 

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Guess he's not still around.
Big block radiator guy. Nobody remembers? @austinado16? He posted a pic of him standing on his one time and I thought "o_O! I gotta git me one of those!" It was a great pic.
Bout like this one my seller posted.
HILARIOUS! OMG that looks like funn! Finally scored one. Ungh.

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This works all around the front end and it has wheels.:bleh: And I get to keep my cool plate:D
 

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Wtf is goin on here? What's THAT all about, with the railroad spikes and aĺl?

Wait. It has wheels!? What could possibly go wrong?
I should be fine (famous last words).
 

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