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Dakota Digital 1942-48 Ford Car Retrotech Analog Gauge System RTX-42F-X
Dakota Digital 1942-48 Ford Car RTX Instruments - RTX-42F-X
Add a touch of elegance to your WWII era Ford or Mercury car with RTX Series from Dakota Digital. Styled after original gauges, our Designers filled them with technology to bring you into the 21st Century without taking away from the stock look. Retain the OEM design that you love, while adding the accuracy of modern features of Dakota Digital instrumentation!
*With the unique, OEM-styled gauge face colors found in ’42-48, some color shift of the user-selectable RGB backlighting will take place. This will reduce the 31+ color selections, and giving a pure white selection an incandescent warm color temperature.
The RTX series is the latest from Dakota Digital, focused on retaining that stock look without sacrificing the late-model features you love. Every effort has been put forth to incorporate OEM design elements regarding the layout, face styling and indicators. A casual glance may dismiss these as original equipment, but once you hit the switch and the LED backlighting comes on in your favorite color scheme, all doubts will be removed.
Starting from scratch, CNC machined housings are filled with electronics designed and built in-house, helping Dakota Digital once again raise the bar for aftermarket instrumentation. The high-definition TFT message centers can be fully configured to display just about any piece of information needed, or just leave the vintage-looking tumbler odometer on the screen for a totally stock appearance. As you’ve come to expect from Dakota Digital, the RTX series utilizes a central control box to make installation and setup as easy as possible. Please scroll through the listing below for a more in-depth look at the RTX series and lots more pics!
MTX-42F Metric system (KM/H and degrees Celsius) is available as a custom option for no additional cost, but may take approximately 12-24 weeks to build. Some systems may take a little longer due to COVID-19 and high demand affecting production.
RTX System Includes:
Analog Gauges
Speedometer - 0-120 MPH (optional metric version 0-200 kmh)
Oil Pressure - 0-80 psi
Water Temperature - 100-260ºF (optional metric version 40-120ºC) Fuel Level - E, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, F
Voltmeter 9-17 VDC
Digital Bar Graph Gauges
Tachometer - 0-8000 RPM
Digital Message Centers
Standard Displays:
Odometer (One time user settable, Million Mile) Dual (A/B) Trip Meter (0-9,999.9)Clock (12 hour)Estimated Range/Miles to Empty
Performance Meters:
0-60 MPH Timer (0-100 kmh) 1/4 and 1/8 mile time 1/4 and 1/8 mile end speed (trap speed) High speed recall High RPM recall
Built-In Indicators:
Turn Signals (Left/ Right) High Beam Check Engine Parking Brake Cruise Control (On/ On & Engaged when vehicle is equipped) Gear Position (Optional GSS-3000 sensor required, sold separately) 4 x 4 (When vehicle is equipped) Wait to Start (When vehicle is equipped) Two Auxiliary input indicators with user-programmable labelsEach analog gauge sweep contains a red LED indicator for quick notice of a warning condition (except speedometer)
**Not all OEM indicator lamp functions will be replaced.
If additional indicators are desired within the new instrument system, consider repurposing any unused indicators to suit your application.
Lighting:Colors
Over 30 user-selectable color options allow you to independently change the needle color, sweep color and digital TFT display color.
Brightness
Both daytime and nighttime brightness can be easily controlled through the RTX setup menu, allowing you to choose your preferred lighting intensity level, toggled by the activation of the headlight switch. If on-the-fly rotary type control is desired, the DIM-1 (sold separately) is a common accessory to add this functionality.
Themes
With 12 factory preset color themes, you can quickly create a beautiful looking system. Or, for the ultimate in customization, choose all of t…
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