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    Posted: 01-December-2017 at 7:47PM
just ran across these Shocked looks like someone is repoping sport gauge cluster housings!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-79-Torino-Ranchero-T-Bird-Cougar-Dash-Rally-Gauge-Speedometer-Housing/332432785443?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

1973-79 Torino Ranchero T Bird Cougar Dash Rally Gauge Speedometer Housing
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what a coincidink, pretty sure i have a couple / were solid last time i saw them
i don't even want to use a GT cluster .... and the place isn't too far from me either
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I wonder how it fits 73-79? thought it was 72/73, 74-76 and 77-79
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from what i understand... the wiring plugs are the difference 72 had less wires? 76+ had a different circuit board???
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the pic they're showing is 74+,
good pics of the back of the cluster here
 
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Well hell, that's a nice option that came out of nowhere. Picture is kinda fuzzy, though. If somebody pulls the trigger on this, please share what the quality is like.
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This one is from a different seller who has a lot more pictures:

 
 
 


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Much better pics. Finally being reproduced!
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Looks like perhaps the sport (?) cluster housing has finally been reproduced....

 
 
 
 


Edited by 72FordGTS - 14-December-2017 at 1:51PM

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that's a better price than the one i posted last week on here
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Is the 73-79 a mistake or are the 72's different?
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Originally posted by lynchster lynchster wrote:

Is the 73-79 a mistake or are the 72's different?
 
Like Rock says above, looks like a 74-76.  1972-73 were different from the later clusters.  See photo below:
 
 
And the two topics are now merged into one.  Glad I figure out how to do that....
 
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nailed it, you're on it like hair on a bear!
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Are the plastic housings actually different, or are the differences only in the harness, printed circuit and gauge?
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Originally posted by Big Bird Big Bird wrote:

Are the plastic housings actually different, or are the differences only in the harness, printed circuit and gauge?
 
If you look at the photo comparing the three styles that I posted above, it looks like the upper left corners are different too.  I know there are some other differences, but I would think you'd be able to make a later cluster work in an early car.  It'd likely just need some minor modifications.


Edited by 72FordGTS - 17-December-2017 at 3:15PM
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