To: metropolitan@listserv.azstarnet.com
From: JR Christensen 
Subject: Re: Met Mail
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 15:07:23 -0700

Nathan Hendler wrote:
> 
> 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

I have a junk '58 conv that had SMITH gauges - 
the water guage is to the right of the radio, 
the SMITH oil and gen guages were below the dash - at the left knee, 
the windshield washer pump was left of the dimmer switch, 
the wsw sprayer was centered (?) on the hood,
the snaps for the touneau cover were on the dash and irritatingly, on
the top of the doors........ had to lay your arm between them!!
switch for the map light is underdash on the right side,
even had an 'under the hood light' switched from under the dash
the back up lights were inboard and under the tail lights.  

reverse the leads to use +12 for -12

All are in the proper original locations of dealer aftermarket gismos.

JRC


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