Can anyone tell me how and if it is lighted at night?
Yes. 1- 1895 bulb in each instrument with a single power lead out scotch lok'd into the black with blue stripe wire .
Quote from: The Going Thing on March 04, 2020, 05:50:57 PM
Yes. 1- 1895 bulb in each instrument with a single power lead out scotch lok'd into the black with blue stripe wire .
To add, and the bulb is painted green.
Bob, who sells the green paint these days?
Quote from: The Going Thing on March 13, 2020, 06:02:15 PM
Bob, who sells the green paint these days?
I don't think it is too special and given the many alternatives to get the same look I have lost track.
It just needs to be a near shade and thinned down some.
I have transparent green, red, amber and yellow paint. Tamiya makes it for models. I think I'll use some thinner to clean the glass and use my airbrush to shoot the green. I'll post pictures of the product and bulbs if it works out.
Quote from: The Going Thing on March 13, 2020, 06:08:08 PM
I have transparent green, red, amber and yellow paint. Tamiya makes it for models. I think I'll use some thinner to clean the glass and use my airbrush to shoot the green. I'll post pictures of the product and bulbs if it works out.
Just so that you know the paint used on the original bulbs was not too transparent. It was opaque enough that you wondered if the light would get through, but it did. The transparent may still work but just be brighter bulb output. Best of luck.
There is a diagram in the '67 Shelby Assembly Manual Branda sells that shows how the were wired.
Use to be able to find the bulbs on E-pay, as Bob said kind darker than you'd think. My car had clear bulbs in them, must have been swapped-out by a previous owner, so you could actually read the gauges at night.
Will look tomorrow for a photo of the green bulbs...OK realized this is tomorrow!
See attached bulb image, the G at the end is for "Green" and the wiring diagram. Buy the Manual from Branda every '67 owner should have one ;-)
JD
JD. The other option is LED replacements. They're green and as you stated: You can actually see to read the gauge. I ordered them from Amazon last night.
Many years ago I bought a pair of original bulbs from Bob which were more like green/turquoise in color
than the one shown by J.D. At night they match the instrument panel light.
Texas Swede
original bulbs are a T-bird part #.
The lamp is listed in the 67 Shelby Parts List:
Instrument Cluster Bulb Green S7MS-13466-A
Texas Swede
Quote from: The Going Thing on March 14, 2020, 01:15:17 AM
JD. The other option is LED replacements. They're green and as you stated: You can actually see read the gauge. I ordered them from Amazon last night.
Agreed. I put LEDs in my KR's dash lights and really like them. The color seems to be a bit more blue, but they're bright and do the job.
Quote from: Side-Oilers on March 14, 2020, 10:48:45 AM
Quote from: The Going Thing on March 14, 2020, 01:15:17 AM
JD. The other option is LED replacements. They're green and as you stated: You can actually see read the gauge. I ordered them from Amazon last night.
Agreed. I put LEDs in my KR's dash lights and really like them. The color seems to be a bit more blue, but they're bright and do the job.
I replaced the lenses in the cluster when I restored it with the Scott Drake offerings. It certainly isn't a traditional green. I agree with Turquoise blue assessment.
The LEDs used were a bright white. What I love is you can see all of them clearly except the tach seems to have a dead-spot lighting wise.
I think the generic number is 1893-G
Here is a picture of the original bulbs.
Thanks Bob,
Those are the ones I bought from you. Found the emails.
Texas Swede
Quote from: Bob Gaines on March 16, 2020, 03:56:41 PM
Here is a picture of the original bulbs.
Haven't tried these but they look like a similar paint method was used.
http://www.superlumination.com/trainbulbs.htm
14V is in the range of the v/r.