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Old Apr 5, 2005 | 04:51 AM
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When did they switch from an ampmeter to a voltmeter in the C3s? (1976 or 1977) I'd like to install a voltmeter where the ampmeter lives but have it look somewhat like it belongs there. So I figure I'd install one from whenever they first switched to have it match. I am aware of the wiring changes I have to make.
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Old Apr 5, 2005 | 05:33 AM
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76 had a voltmeter, but it could have been 75 also, because it was 75 that GM moved to HEI ignition.
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Old Apr 5, 2005 | 07:59 AM
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76 is first year for voltmeter. You can swap the needles to an orange one to make everything look similar. I have a voltmeter in my 69.
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Another close match and easier to find is from an 80's pickup truck, same thing mechanically....even the print font saying volts is not so much differant...

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Hmmm. My '76 has an ammeter. Wouldn't be the first non-year-correct replacement I've found on the car! As best I can tell, I have an early '76; maybe the change happened at the early-late division that year?
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Not to beat a dead horse, but like Vette Gator implied, could the early 1976 have ammeters and the later ones have voltmeters. I'm looking around and so far I've been told that 1976s only came with ammeters.
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The chage came in '78, with the plastic dash panel,....

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