Gen 1 Digital Dash Conversion-Already Done?

[kpittsinger]

I've got an '86 Gen 1 I'm putting back on the road. It's 4WD, came with a shelled out 2.9L that I'm swapping out for a 4.0. I kinda like the digital dash look, anybody swap out an Explorer/Bronco/Aerostar digital dash for the stock Gen 1 dash?

 

[SenorNoob]

I don't think any of those ever had a digital dash.

 

[adsm08]

I few years of the Aerostar did, I think. I have never seen one swapped into a Gen1 Ranger.

 

[bobbywalter]

i have seen lincoln/mark, bird, stang, even cadilac dashboards and tail lights hacked into these. jeep....eb...full custom...i cant remember them all.

digital and analog.

and i dont go to car shows so much anymore....cant even imagine whats happening now.

 

[kpittsinger]

Coulda swore I saw an article or a post or something that talked about swapping a Bronco/Explorer digital dash into a Ranger. My mind is slipping.

Anyhoo, I found some cool looking digital gages on Ebay, and I'm thinking, when I get a couple bucks up in the slush fund, grab one of these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intellitron...Parts_Accessories&hash=item48788c8389&vxp=mtr

I don't need the tach yet, can always add it later along with a compatible looking oil temp gauge and mebbe an ammeter. And yeah, I like the blue LED readout.

Specs say it's a universal type, should mount in with some dremelling and maybe some fabbing of a bezel, and scavanging the proper senders. This looks doable to me...