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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Splitdog wrote:
A couple of years ago while I was dropping off my speedo and clock at North Hollywood Speedo, they showed me a split clock that they were making into a tachometer for someone using the clock face to indicate the RPM. It was supposedly accurate.


I had NHS do this for my '56 ghia
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:31 pm    Post subject: Hello :) Reply with quote

Seem to me there are many diffrent versions out there!! Well, here is one I got my hands on - I let the pics speak for themselves Smile

And yes - I MIGHT consider selling if the bid is high enough - i am located in Norway - no tirekickers please Smile

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That speedo is not for a split bug. 160 Km (100mph) is way out of split bugs range.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So what you tell me is: The top speed on the speedometer is the actual speed the car can go - well - my daily driver car say 240 km/t - but i will never reach it even in free fall with that car Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Might this last one posted be for a very early vw powered Porsche?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since yesterday in my accessories collection! A >NOS< trip speedo!
http://karmann1952.de/html/vw_zubehor.html
Many thanks to Arne! Wink

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR IT <?? Shocked
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congratulations Claus.
Very nice Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, awesome is the only word that comes to mind Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

what is the deal with the weird texture of the face?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

splitjunkie wrote:
what is the deal with the weird texture of the face?


Yeah, it looks a little bit like a re-worked face, at least in the pic. But who knows, nice find at any rate. The legend continues....
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

looks like its just the restored paint maybe there was some heavy pitting in that area? looks pretty cool to me I would love to have one
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry for the O.T. This is the light of the speedometer? How can i remove it to replace the lamp? Thank you.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just pull the bulbholder from the small screw , if it doesn`t come to you , just try to twist it a little
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

splitpartsunlimited wrote:
just pull the bulbholder from the small screw , if it doesn`t come to you , just try to twist it a little


Thank you Wink .
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:57 am    Post subject: vdo trip Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ARRGGHHHH i would turn my split to a std with no doubt , 5mins after i get this pod .....
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

johnshenry wrote:
splitjunkie wrote:
what is the deal with the weird texture of the face?


Yeah, it looks a little bit like a re-worked face, at least in the pic. But who knows, nice find at any rate. The legend continues....


The face color came up a little bit because of a bad degreased ground during production in 1952 I think. Let´s ask some old VDO employees in the nursing home what has happend. This original trip speedo was found inkl. four "normal" NOS split speedos (all in the original box) at a vw dealer fifteen years ago here in Germany. Thanks for all the nice PM´s since yesterday.... Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great thread..!

I think the Norwegian friend has something closer to the real thing.
I also have doubts about the maximum speed issue, but let's all pay attention to a detail :

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The line I marked with arrows is flat, just like the upper side (below the odometer) that makes me think that the faceplate had been printed accordingly, so that the cut holes for the trip meter wouldn't intersect with the lines. Note that on the other photos, only the top portion is a flat line, because of the odometer. And the lower section of that circle is round, even though the trip meter is there. And that creates an impression that those trip meters are added later.

(NOTE: I have very limited knowledge about splits, so I may be incorrect.)
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saw this in the ad section.
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From this ad: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=99916
Might be for a barn door bus, but I would SWAG that it would be unlikely that VDO would be making trip speedos for buses but not for bugs in 1950.
Although it does not discount the theory that VDO may have done trip upgrades subsequent to initial manufacture.
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