I know what your talking about , as far as the decal is concerned and the numbers hard to read.
Haven't seen the decals around since the early 80s, when we were still applying them to 60s & 70s cars after the change to metric.
Dealt with my problem with seeing the dash , with a 7" screen , GPS, running in virtual dash mode provides a digital speed display that I can switch when I cross the border.
BTW: Welcome to iRV2