How fast am I going?!

This is usually not something you want to say to yourself while operating a motor vehicle (especially within sight of law enforcement), but this was indeed something that I uttered to myself while driving around in the newly-mobile Demon. No, I didn't receive a speeding ticket or run a red light; I literally had no functioning speedometer. So my first step in rebuilding the car was to replace the instrument panel.

Not only did I have no way of confirming my speed while behind the wheel, but other instruments, such as the fuel level and water temperature gauges, also didn't work. So I set about gathering parts for an instrument replacement.

First, because the stock instrument cluster itself was cracking, I made a call to Redline Gauge Works in Santa Clarita, CA, who make an awesome gauge panel for Dodge and Plymouth A-Bodies. I purchased mine in feaux-carbon fiber. Then I filled the panel with instruments from Auto Meter's Designer Black II line and LED indicator lights from Detroit Speed and Engineering.


Following the factory instrument wiring harness, I wired the entire instrument panel and installed it in place of the stock cluster.