'79 244 DL. I have included a picture of the dash area for reference. Hopefully image size is right...last time I added a photo things broke. I would love to add a temperature gauge with actual units. Oil and fuel pressure, voltage and other readings would be nice to haves, but not at all necessary. I'm curious how people have mounted gauges on early 240s like this one. I have seen A-pillar clusters, but those seem to only be for later years. I have also seen in-dash gauges but only on later 240s. I have seen people talk about an OEM 3-gauge cluster that mounts where the center speaker is on mine, but my impression is that those are not common and aftermarket ones are not particularly high quality.

Options I have considered:
- Getting a 3rd party gauge mount and putting it on dash between A pillar and steering wheel. Pros: simple mounting Cons: probably won't look as nice, limited space.

- Figuring out some way to mount gauge(s?) in the panel that has the seat belt warning light and switches. PO disconnected seat belt warning, so it just sits there anyway. Pros: Plenty of room horizontally, unobtrusive. Cons: Not sure best way to mount there, not sure what fitment would look like.

- Use an arduino and e-ink display. Possibly mount by the switches. Pros: good excuse to get better at programming arduinos, single display instead of multiple gauges (takes up less space), lots of flexibility. Cons: Probably more wiring, need to take the time to relearn programming shit.

Any thoughts or other ideas are much appreciated