Re: '51 300 Instrument Cluster Lights

Posted by Ross On 2011/4/24 7:24:25

While we are back on these instrument clusters: 53 Clusters came in two flavors; blue for seniors, and maroon for juniors. Almost all of the juniors have faded to brown as the maroon dye used in the anodizing process is not stable. It wasn't til recently when I got in a 14K mile 53 Clipper that I even knew they should be maroon. The first photo shows how the parts of gages exposed to light have faded, and the original color. The second is with the cluster all redone with the maroon restored and all the needles repainted with flat white model paint. I use this wonderful translucent laquer from Duplicolor to effect the change. It restores the red pigment to the annodized coating on the aluminum gage faces so they turn maroon again. The effect is quite pleasing.

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