That's right Livininharrow Canada, I wanted to keep them inside. I have all the original guts and gauges in case a grand child or great grand child wants to return it to original, but for me I like easy to read. Once I positioned the round gauges into the bezel, laying face down on a work...
Since the gauge was new I added a new fuel sender as well. But to get to it you have to jack the back of the car up about 1 and a half feet to get under there (with jack stands of course). Then disconnect the three rubber hoses, two vent, and one fuel feed line. Keep those to use to measure new...
Actually it is just a Commando 383 but the decal was a gift from a family member and they did not know the difference.....The difference came in 1967 I believe with the option of the high performance exhaust manifolds which are very hard to come by now. Thanks for commenting. The silver liner...
Sorry about my delayed response. I don't know what the color was. It is the original dark blue with a little bit of metallic in it. It was repainted once but the same color so the door jams and under hoods areas would match.