That's what I keep telling the cops?That thing don't go no faster than 15mph?
That's what I keep telling the cops?That thing don't go no faster than 15mph?
ouch....When I worked for car dealers, we let the drill run overnight.
What Did you lube the Speedo with?Funny thing about these old gauge faces. You touch them with almost anything and it leaves a mark. The anti glare finish turns almost into a chalk and anything that touches it will leave a burnished track. I bought a nasty mud crusted 64 Bezel at the fling and parted out the guages and the almost perfect lenses! A little Meguires plastic polish and they look 1964 new. Speedo worked after I lubed it, as well as the 3 other gauges.
And then posted it on the internet for all to see including the 216 robots that are scanning the site.I'm sure someone will point out you probably broke 37 laws in 59 states
I also remember from back in the day, people would unhook the speedometer cable for part of the year and drive their car using the tachometer to guesstimate the speed.
Did that once. Got in quite a jam with U Haul.Especially when renting a U Haul truck by the mile !
Ah, the good old days.That was one of my ‘jobs’ at the Dodge dealership back in 1970, cutting clocks. One of the owners (3) would buy used cars from other dealers, mostly 50 to 60 thousand miles on the clock. Any car over 50 went to wholesale lot so I’d make em ‘new’ again, somewhere in the 40s. Using utmost care not to touch any face parts (fingerprints) easy peasy. I know a few guys $10,000 less in the pocket and a couple years in the slammer
I’ll add, these dealers would gather these high millage cars, recondition and detail them, 20-30 a month. They never cut clocks because they knew the dealers buying them would do that. A Big part of their sales
I miss my Toyota van, it was sure fast but it had a chain instead of a belt.Toyota Timing Belt light is spot on the mark...this was my van just under 2 years ago....
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It was an red translucent ink dab that on the 6th number. We slid a piece of plastic between it and the numbers because as soon as you took it out it would touchInteresting...did it make a mark? Wonder why they didnt just put a 7th roller in there. That would be a great selling point: "Our cars are designed to go past 100,000 miles and the million mile odometer proves this!"