Thanks for the information. I have a used instrument cluster with the attached voltage regulator, I will install that device and hope for the best. The voltage to the battery may be high because this vehicle has not been run much and started many times. I did not want to run it too much because of the hot gauge issue. I got it from a woman in upstate New York who had it in a barn for 30 years. She purchased it from a small town in New York where it was used by the road maintenance manager. It was missing the rear three metal stakes, so I had some fabricated by a local welder. It also had some rust, but the body was pretty straight. The rest is all original, it was originally a green, but the guy I am brining this one back to life for wanted it flat black.

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