Just bought a 77 f150. I have attached a pic of the temp gage. Can anyone tell me approximately the temp that is showing? The 1st thousand miles I drove the truck it was steady at 1/4 to1/3 inch hotter than the pic. It just started running cooler for some reason. Just want to get a reference so...

i have a 1977 ford 460 engine. runs great down the road. she is a very hard starter when she is cold, lots of pedal pumps to get her going. she idles like she has a huge cam while cold and after driving 50 miles. the weird thing is that every so often at a stop light or when i park it idles...