Saturday, August 15, 2026

Dashboard Love

 


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  1. Is that a Mercedes? My eyes went to the clock first... very cool

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    1. Back in the 1950s a neighbor had a two-seater Mercedes. The clock was on the glove compartment door. If you opened the door, the clock was an oversized Swiss pocket watch that fit into a sleeve so as to be visible to the driver. Step one in the morning was to wind the watch.

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  2. That 300 Mercedes has extra rally equipment installed.

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  3. I have a clock like that. Got it from my crashed Huey gunship and brought it home. It quit working a few years ago but the parts are no longer available so it's a paper weight. Such is life.

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    1. Somewhere there is an Army manual on repairing the 7 day clocks from the airplanes.

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    2. We 8 day clocks in the Huey’s and snakes

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  4. My friend had an MGA & the turn signal switch was like that one, I liked it enough to copy it (3 way toggle switch) on a VW bug I had when the normal one came apart.
    What's that Tripmaster thing at the bottom?

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  5. A good aircraft instrument shop should be able to repair it. Just tell them you don't need an FAA 8130-3 or return to service tag. Try Pacific Southwest Instruments in Corona, CC.

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