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Summit guages? Who makes them???

Old May 10, 2001 | 10:50 AM
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Summit guages? Who makes them???

I'm looking at a guage set labeled as Summit guages (part number SUM-G2924 in the catalog). It's 2 1/6" gauges in oil pressure and water temperature forms. What I was wondering is who makes them for Summit and are they any good? They're only 18 bucks and they'll fit in the AutoMeter A-pillar pod I'm getting.

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Old May 10, 2001 | 03:00 PM
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Remember you get what you pay for. I would go for some Autometer or VDO gauges. I've got the Phantom Autometers in my 85. Look at my web site to see them installed.

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Old May 10, 2001 | 08:27 PM
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I'm well aware of that addage, but I also heard that Summit and Jeg's gauges are made by somebody else but sold by the respective catalogs at a cheaper price, just like how Crane makes Summit cams, but Summit sells them cheaper.

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Old May 11, 2001 | 04:00 PM
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GilmourD, I have that gauge package; it's been in since '98, I say, go for it. I'm rather mad that now they added the 270 degree sweep ones; I have the "original" 90-degree sweep gauges which look like electrical ones. Oh well. One day I'll get Autometer ones, but for now, these do the job nicely.


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