Ferrari/Touring gauges for 166

I sent these gauges off to our trusted re-build shop to be inspected and disassembled and they promptly sent back all of the metal parts for me to send to our trusted chrome plating shop. The Chrome shop but a dull nickel flash on the housings and did a spectacular job re-plating the chrome bezels. The bezels are made out of very thin aluminum and there was a deep scratch in one of them but the shop worked it out and only a trained eye can see the minor imperfection.

The instrument specialist re-painted the faces and needles as well as re-screen printed the “SMITHS” logo and Ferrari logo on the combination gauge. They did quite a service on these, making sure the temperature sensor capilary tube had the correct steel flex housing over the end and everything.  They also calibrated the fuel level sending unit to the gauge. These should work as new when installed into the 166 Berlinetta.

When I look through Hot Rodding magazines, none of the cars photographed have gauges as interesting and beautiful as these, shame on them for not looking at these old european cars for influence on what is cool!

Hand Made Gauges restored