Re: [T3] drive a type 3 around the world!

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

<x-flowed>At 4:33 PM -0800 11/24/02, Mark Fuhriman wrote:
> Greg, Have you ruled out the possibility of just painting the needle on your


	Yeah, that's a great suggestion -- but I don't want to do it 
that way. :)

	It was more fun to figure out how to get all of the authentic 
old gauges to work.  I put a 12V clock's winder into red-needle a 6V 
clock.  I modified the internals of a 6V gas gauge to work under 12v 
-- though I prefer the newer indicator light lenses with the icons 
and letters, so I put the older gas gauge subunit into the '69's 
gauge body.  I'm going to continue with the authenticity theme by 
using an authentic speedo, too.

	I decided to go with a 90mph speedo instead of a 100mph 
speedo.  I know that the 100mph early speedo is considered cool due 
to the S/dual carb/sportiness factor, but I like how every decade is 
marked on the 90mph unit.  I also don't ever go over 90, so I don't 
need the 100mph scale.

	Whew! :)

-Greg

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