To: metropolitan@listserv.azstarnet.com
From: Nathan Hendler 
Subject: Re: Met Mail
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:40:46 -0700 (MST)


On Mon, 22 Sep 1997 ghenry@ilos.net wrote:

> Do what YOU want.   Do you want a "restored" Met or do you want a Met the
> way you want it?   Both are OK.   I am sticking to the original colour,
> Coral Red (Salmon) as it is a "'50,s" colour, but I am taking out the
> switches under the radio & putting in an Oil Gauge, Temp Gauge & Tak.   I
> am not chroming any parts on the engine as that doesn't make it work any
> better!   As I have a automatic, I am moving the ignition to the whole
> were the shifter was.    This is what I am doing, but do your oun thing.  

Of course I'll do what I want, but finding that line isn't easy.  For sure
this is somewhat neurotic, yet I feel obligated to stay within the
Metropolitan 'form', afterall, it is what drew me to it.  For example, I
too would like to add some gauges, but I don't feel comfortable installing
plain old gauges.  Aren't I obligated to stay within the '50s styling when
modifying my Met?  Obviously there's no answer - it's very personal - I
guess I just wanted to know if anyone else had given much thought to it,
and what their conclusions might have been. 

So, regarding gauges, I went to the autoparts store to buy a cheap temp
gauge to use while getting my Met back into running form.  I saw set of
three gauges (water, oil, volts) and was wondering how one converts a
set of 12 volt negative ground gauges to work with the positive ground
setup found in a Met?

Nathan Hendler