{"id":19614,"date":"2012-04-24T21:15:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T04:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/"},"modified":"2013-02-17T19:07:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T02:07:02","slug":"custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Everything &#8211; Even Custom Gauges &#8211; Wins a Ridler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fcustom-gauges-from-classic-instruments%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2F2012-Detroit-Autorama-Ridler-1955-Thunderbird-2.jpg&amp;description=Custom+Everything+%E2%80%93+Even+Custom+Gauges+%E2%80%93+Wins+a+Ridler\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[19614]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Custom Everything \u2013 Even Custom Gauges \u2013 Wins a Ridler\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Custom Everything \u2013 Even Custom Gauges \u2013 Wins a Ridler&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\" data-text=\"Custom Everything \u2013 Even Custom Gauges \u2013 Wins a Ridler\" data-desc=\"Custom Car Gauges by Classic Instrument Motor Through Detroit Recognize this car? This is the Peace family's 1955 Ford Thunderbird that won the 2012 Ridler Award. If there's one word to describe it, it's CUSTOM. You could also say, \"One-off\" or even \"One of a Kind\". All of those words would\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-Detroit-Autorama-Ridler-1955-Thunderbird-2.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2><a>Custom Car Gauges by Classic Instrument Motor Through Detroit<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Recognize this car?<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"2012 Ridler Award Winning 1955 Ford Thunderbird with custom gauges\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-Detroit-Autorama-Ridler-1955-Thunderbird-2.jpg\" alt=\"2012 Ridler Award Winner, Ridler Winner, 1955 Ford Thunderbird\" width=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the Peace family&#8217;s <a title=\"2012 Ridler Winner \u2013 Family Peace 55 Thunderbird\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2012-ridler-winner-1955-thunderbird\/\" target=\"_blank\">1955 Ford Thunderbird that won the 2012 Ridler Award.<\/a> If there&#8217;s one word to describe it, it&#8217;s CUSTOM. You could also say, &#8220;One-off&#8221; or even &#8220;One of a Kind&#8221;. All of those words would accurately describe the cars found in <a title=\"It\u2019s the Great 8 \u2013 Ridler Award Contenders 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2012-great-8-ridler-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">the &#8220;Great 8&#8221; contending for the Ridler. <\/a>They&#8217;re all amazing- amazingly custom, all the way down to their custom gauges.<\/p>\n<p>Rules for winning the Ridler read fairly simple: The cars should show: Creativity, Engineering and Workmanship. One of the accepted, maybe expected, ways to show creativity and workmanship is with one of a kind parts, like custom gauges. That&#8217;s why SEVEN of the &#8220;Great 8&#8221; cars from Detroit chose Classic Instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where the Peace&#8217;s 55 T&#8217;Bird started and how it all ended up:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19625\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"The making of custom car gauges and a Ridler Winner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-9.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom car gauges, custom guages, custom tachometer\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-9.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-9-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-9-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><br \/>\nJohnathan Peace is an Art Center student, so every part of this 55 was carefully planned, then perfected&#8230; then covered in gleaming red paint, leather or chrome! Keeping things simple, the Thunderbird now runs a single gauge, a custom tach. When finished, here&#8217;s how it looked:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19619\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom Tachometer for the Peace's 1955 Thunderbird\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-2.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom tachometer, custom guages, classic instruments\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-2.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19618\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom Tach in Ridler Winning 1955 Thunderbird\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-1.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom tachometer, custom gauges, classic instruments\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-1.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-1-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-1-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19617\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Totally Custom Interior - right down to the custom gauges\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-8.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom car gauges, classic instruments, custom guages\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-8.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-8-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-8-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If one of the &#8220;Great 8&#8221; chose Classic Instruments for their custom designed and fabricated gauges, that&#8217;d be respectable, but SEVEN! That&#8217;s domination!<\/p>\n<p>Checking on the Classic Instruments website: <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Classic Instrument High Quality Gauges\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classicinstruments.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ClassicInstruments.com<\/a>, there&#8217;s a page for custom gauges and retrofit gauges. (I&#8217;ll be pushing Classic Instruments to walk us through a retrofit project&#8230; They have several\u00a0gauge\u00a0clusters in original, somewhat rough condition waiting to get new, electronic gauges to keep the classic look but with modern reliability.) So go to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Custom car gauges from Classic Instruments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classicinstruments.com\/index.aspx?documentID=customsretrofits\" target=\"_blank\">Custom Gauges Page,<\/a> then see some custom gauge examples, then fill out a detailed request form and you&#8217;re on your way to a one-of-a-kind setup for your ride. If you&#8217;ve got questions, an 800 number&#8217;s got an experienced tech to support.<\/p>\n<p>So who else used Classic Instruments for their gauges? The 1932 Ford coupe called &#8220;XS Cash&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1932 Ford Coupe called, &quot;XS Cash&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-Detroit-Autorama-Ridler-1932-Ford-53.jpg\" alt=\"1932 ford hot rod, hot rod 32 coupe, deuce coupe\" width=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I heard the owner talking at the show&#8230; he said the gauges use unique 100 dollar bills for each of the gauges. What? Yea!! Check this out:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19623\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Custom gauges for 1932 Ford Coupe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-6.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom gauges, hot rod gauges, classic instruments\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-6.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-6-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-6-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><br \/>\nIndividual serial numbers&#8230; now that&#8217;s creativity! (not to mention XS Cash!) Here&#8217;s the rest of the gauges: (Click to see larger image)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[19614]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19622\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom Car Gauges for the &quot;Great 8&quot; cars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-5.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom car gauges, custom guages, custom gauge pod\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-5.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-5-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-5-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[19614]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19620\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom Speedometer and Custom tachometer for XS Cash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-3.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Custom Speedometer, Custom tachometer, custom car gauges\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-3.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-3-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-3-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another Great 8 ride with Classic Instrument gauges was the 1955 Chevy called ZL-55. (you can guess what kind of engine it had)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19630\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Custom 1955 Chevy with custom gauges\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-15.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1955 Chevy, custom 1955 chevy, custom car gauges\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-15.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-15-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-15-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the gauges inside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19629\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Custom 1955 Chevy Gauge panel \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-14.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Gauge panel , custom 1955 chevy gauges, custom gauges\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-14.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-14-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-14-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>So what have we learned? First off, the Ridler cars are crazy custom, right down to their custom gauges. Got it. Then 4 of 8 chose Classic Instruments. Sounds like a safe bet&#8230; For\u00a0inspiration, here&#8217;s a few more custom gauge sets. I&#8217;ll need help identifying what cars they went in&#8230; is your car shown here?<\/p>\n<p>This one&#8217;s my favorite! The picture was titled, &#8220;Rad Rides&#8221; so that puts it on a short list&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19628\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Custom car gauges - see through!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-13.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Custom car gauges, custom gauges, hot rod gauges\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-13.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-13-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-13-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[19614]\"><\/a> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[19614]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19622\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom gauges for your Mustang\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-12.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom car gauges, custom gauges, custom mustang gauge panel\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"278\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[19614]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19620\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom gauges for your custom car\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custom-car-gauges-classic-instruments-11.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"custom car gauges, hot rod gauges\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"278\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let me know (with a comment below) if this pushed you over the edge of, &#8220;Do I make custom gauges or go off-the-shelf?&#8221; Either way, make it your way and you&#8217;ll have, &#8220;My Ride is Me&#8221;.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fcustom-gauges-from-classic-instruments%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Custom+Everything+%E2%80%93+Even+Custom+Gauges+%E2%80%93+Wins+a+Ridler\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Custom Everything \u2013 Even Custom Gauges \u2013 Wins a Ridler\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Custom Everything \u2013 Even Custom Gauges \u2013 Wins a Ridler&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-gauges-from-classic-instruments\/\" data-text=\"Custom Everything \u2013 Even Custom Gauges \u2013 Wins a Ridler\" data-desc=\"Custom Car Gauges by Classic Instrument Motor Through Detroit Recognize this car? This is the Peace family's 1955 Ford Thunderbird that won the 2012 Ridler Award. If there's one word to describe it, it's CUSTOM. You could also say, \"One-off\" or even \"One of a Kind\". All of those words would\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Custom Car Gauges by Classic Instrument Motor Through Detroit Recognize this car? This is the Peace family&#8217;s 1955 Ford Thunderbird that won the 2012 Ridler Award. If there&#8217;s one word to describe it, it&#8217;s CUSTOM. You could also say, &#8220;One-off&#8221; or even &#8220;One of a Kind&#8221;. 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