Pictures of factory installed police gauges courtesy of neums

[87gtVIC]

These are all factory installed gauges:



1982 in a "pod" on top of the dash. I've also seen them attach that same pod under the lip of the dash in front of the clock.





1985-1987



Also 1985-1987 when ordered with radio delete.



1988-1989



1990-1991 with temp. gauge as part of the instrument cluster.

Hope this satisfies the curiosity you guys may have.

[pantera77]

I wish there was a better option for the 90-91. Those look so ugly and out of place.

[neums]

I had to install the cop guages in my '86 Chicago police car a few weeks ago. I've been changing the interior from red to blue, so I had the dash apart anyway. My buddy drove the '86 Crown Vics with the Chicago police and told me they had the guages, so I had to put them in. He also told me they had 50/50 blue vinyl seats, so I found a set and will be pulling out the red cloth bench seat. I'll take a picture of the dash guages when I get a chance. My temp. guage isn't original Ford, so I'm still looking for one of those.

[1990LTD]

Awesome, man. Good pics....I have been wanting a volt meter and an oil psi gauge for a while now, but I don't know if I'd want to put them where the clock is. They'd look wicked hanging in front of it but the plate they're on looks silly. I guess cops didn't/don't really care too much how the gauges in their cruisers look

[trwp72]

1990LTD...

I guess cops didn't/don't really care too much how the gauges in their cruisers look

Thats because the gauges are installed at the factory... So not much choice... Also, the clock gets moved to the radio... (The AM / FM radio with a clock built in)

[1990LTD]

Cool. Do you know of any other gauge locations/configurations in ford cop cars other than the ones posted here? I figure you've seen em all

[trwp72]

When I first bought my 1984 "Baby" LTD... it did not have the gauge package installed...


Found one of the mounts on E-Bay, so taking the dash apart to mount the gauges...


I had to cut out the dash behind the gauges once I mounted them in the trim piece... So I could figure out how much of the dash behind the trim had to be cut out... I didn't have a sawzall, so I used a jig saw and hack saw blade!




After installation....



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I later found the correct replacement gauges to put in the dash... As the ones in the cluster that I bought on E-bay were not correct..

[Heretic]

In the initial pics, that 85-87 in dash style with the little aluminum bezel... I would kill for one of those. SO hard to find...

[87gtVIC]

In the initial pics, that 85-87 in dash style with the little aluminum bezel... I would kill for one of those. SO hard to find...

Yeah I am with you. I let one get passed me on ebay a year back for a measly 40 dollars because they had the gauges with them and I didn't want them. I eventually settled for the 88-89 style and have never seen another metal 85-87 style one yet. I should have just grabbed that one.

[neums]

Here is what mine looks like now (disregard the red seats and carpeting, they are going soon):

[johnunit]

It's sorta like they made the police gauges look extra badass to compensate for most vics having no extra gauges at all.

[87gtVIC]

Some pics of 88-89 and 86-87 gauge panels: