Please remember the 100 uses early 50's style bezel for their instruments.
The only source I know for the original type oil temperature instrument, as
used on the 100S is http://www.austin-healey.ch/4616_de.html I bought the
oil temperature instrument from them for my BN2. The quality is outstanding!
BUT..not cheap! If I remember correctly they ask around 400 USD.
Fitting the Instrument to the 100 dash requires some careful measuring
before you drill the mounting hole. Also you have to make sure that you need
some free space under the dash behind the instrument. In my car the oil
temperature instrument just about clears the demister outlets.
Regards
Thomas Willig
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Von: Oudesluys [mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl]
Gesendet: Samstag, 20. Mdrz 2010 19:44
An: dwflagg
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Auxillary Amp Meter
Did they also offer an auxillary SMITHS 2 or 3 hole dashpanel? If so use
one, at least it is reversible. If not the fitting may have been
intented somewhere in the dash.
Ampere and oil temperature gauges are available new as replica's but
there are plenty of original used and NOS items avalable in white
letters on black dial. Black on silver may take some effort to find.
Check for the mathing style with the original gauges already present.
There are a lot of variations.
Other period SMITHS gauges are outside temperature, volt/battery (if you
have an alternator), clock, oil level, vacuum, fuel consumption, seatbelts.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
dwflagg schreef:
> According to Clausager's book, a 1956 dated price list offered an Ammeter
> and an oil temperature guage as optional equipment for the 100. Does
> anyone know where they would have been mounted? Either in the dash or
> using an auxillary panel under the dash. Thanks.
>
> Doug
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