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Old 12-02-2022, 11:40 AM   #3
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Default Re: '51 Shoebox Instrument Cluster

The black light diffuser was used to work with radium numbers and markings on the gauges, as they get older the radium doesn't glow so much. When they were newer, they were the coolest dash. Shut the lights off and the dash would continue to glow for a while.
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