Ammeter and Fog Lamp Switch Location

[MikeAH100M]

My 56 100M came with an old ammeter in parts box. In addition, a friend got me a set of old Lucas rangefinder fog lamps/driving lights at the Goodwood Autojumble. My question, where would the meter and lamp switch normally be located on the dash? I believe the ammeter was a factory option on some AH's but not sure about driving lights.

The back of the dash that came with the car has a number of repairs to it - three holes that could be switches across the top middle and one large patch that could be a hole for a gauge close to the passenger side handle. The dash was not in the car when I got it so not sure if its original or not, thought it had some Reno Red paint on it which was the original top two-tone color.

 

[vette]

Hi Mike, it sounds like the holes in your dash are what might typically be found when someone has either added or subtracted some items. Here is what I did with mine. Hope the pics comes thru.
Dave.

 

[MikeAH100M]

Thanks Dave. Nice looking, well sorted dash. I see that you have 2 gauges added - voltmeter and ammeter?

 

[vette]

Yeh Mike, 2 gauges, Volts & Amps. Did it just for the heck of it. I'm not very concerned with the High amperage wire coming into the cockpit for the amp gauge. Ya know a high amperage wire has to go somewhere in any charging system and you should certainly make good connections no matter where you run a wire. I went to an alternator and the distance from the original regulator location to the amp gauge only adds about 2 feet of wire. I added a jumper across my amp meter terminals just in case the gauge would burn out sometime so that the circuit would not open. I have had an amp meter in my 1970 Vette for the last 30 years, have never touched it or moved the connections and it still works fine. But I also agree that an Amp meter is not necessary. If you have a volt meter and it reads less than 12volts, you know you have a problem. If you have devices on and the voltmeter doesn't show at least something above 12 volts you know you have a problem. Dave.