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Finally got back to the Dash Panel and welded in the Instrument panel section.
Whereas the Glove Box section was Oxy Welded, the instrument Panel Section was Mig Welded.
Due to the fact that I used a slightly thicker Metal Section.
To cut the 5 7/8" Holes a series of 1/8" holes were drilled around the circumference but about an 1/8"
in from the Hole Edge then a 3/16 Drill Bit was used to bring the holes closer together, the middle portion was then removed.
This then left a series of jagged edges, to fix this I used a new Grinding Disc of 115mm Diameter
and because of the square edges of the New Disc, it made enlarging and smoothing the Holes a lot easier.
It was just done a little bit at a time, remember that the Tacho and Speedo were connected by a Circuit Board
so it was most important that both holes be the right size as well as the exact right distance apart.
I succeeded .
The Gauges are from an Alfa Romeo, model unknown,why I just like the look of them !
Wonder if I can get it up to 220 kms Hmmm I think not.
The Tacho is a cable drive type which via the Cable will be attached to the
Mallory Twin Point Distributor with Tach Drive (thanks to Ted Robinette)
As you can see by the back of the Gauges they are joined by a Circuit Board,
I have used the same mounting method as was used in the Alfa, with Two Hooks up top
and Two Spring Loaded Clips at the bottom, it seems to work well.