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Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:06 pm

This is easily my favorite bus mod I've seen, well done! I'm curious how other materials will work.
I'll definitely be attempting this at some point in the future.

Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:18 pm

hippyvanman wrote: Oh, and one more. In the picture of the finished product in the gauge cluster, it looks like you added some sort of glass in front to make it look like the rest, how did you do That?
Glass is always there with the original blank.
Spoons... I'll try that when I replace the face.
I'm still trying to think of a back light solution.

Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:59 pm

I just had an epiphany...

Late Bay Clock

I'm going to try and make one... I'll be wasting my Monday morning with Photoshop :-)

Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:26 pm

obnoxiousblue wrote: I just had an epiphany...

Late Bay Clock

I'm going to try and make one... I'll be wasting my Monday morning with Photoshop :-)

making a clock> i have one. they arnt hard to find...

or are you gonna use a clock, with a tach and a different face behind it?

Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:41 am

I've got a tach now... It suffered an internal short last year and I never replaced it because frankly I never used it. I learned to drive stick by soun in my 71 Super.
I'd figured I wouldfill the void ith a clock, but they never turn up Roy d here at swaps and (though there are two in the classifieds now)there's usually squat there, or they're punishingly expensive.
I've been playing with this in Real Draw and I've got the face layed out, looking great (getting the lines and dimensions was a bit of work, but not hard)
Problem m facin is the font for the numbers.
I messaged the OP and he's going to see if he can send them, else, I'll have to trace and make my own.

Though, I saw the Stratomaster mod yesterday nd wouldn't mid hoeing that in either...

Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:49 am

Looks good but it doesn't light up. How can you see it in the dark?

Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:41 am

this is super helpful, just saw an open package clearance sunpro at the store

Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:57 am

Aspro wrote: Looks good but it doesn't light up. How can you see it in the dark?

I wonder if making some slots in the "can" portion of the blank would let light from the included lamp shine through?

Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:03 pm

Hey guys. Just did this myself but on my LATE BAY. Did quite a bit of cleaning up and modifying it via photoshop to make it match the Late Bay. Included below is the tach in a word document WHICH IS THE CORRECT SIZE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT AND THEN PRINT, CUT AND THERE YOU GO Cheers to all my Late Bay Comrades!!

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2-r6g6mc9HMVFkwQVVja3R5MEU/edit?usp=sharing

Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:43 pm

Id still love to find the correct font.
I applaud your effort, but it comes through pretty pixelated still.
Would be awesome if we could make it in a vector format just for clarity sake.

Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:04 pm

very cool looking, but the low pixel count is a bit of a turn off :( can anyone else clean that up now that there is a base for the picture to work with? or can the original poster clean it up?

Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:14 pm

Im always one for innovation to make the part you need. But for a late bay its hard to beat a tach thats already made.

Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:17 pm

What is that tach from???? My PO gave me one with the bus, because he couldn't cut enough of my early dash to get it to fit right!! :shock: :x

Also, I guess I have an extra late bay tach now :)

Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:23 pm

asiab3 wrote: What is that tach from???? My PO gave me one with the bus, because he couldn't cut enough of my early dash to get it to fit right!! :shock: :x

Also, I guess I have an extra late bay tach now :)

You shouldnt cut the dash if its put in right.

Smiths Impulse Tachometer. I think its from 71-77 MG & MGA. You need to take off the bezel. Then it sits behind the hole like an og gauge would - glass and all. You als need to cut the two holding tabs off the clock delete or fab your own tangs to hold the gauge in place.

These are all over ebay for 60-100 used. Sometimes nos in the box - 12v ready to use.

Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:42 pm

the other one to use is the VDO tach thats 3 and 1/8 inch or 3/8s inch (cant recall which) and it looks great in the dash too.

Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:16 pm

Nice!

I bought this one:

I have a rare gas heater/timer clock so I'm going to install some custom idiot lights into the gauge cluster so I can have a clock, trip speedo, and tach.

Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:43 am

Stuartzickefoose wrote: very cool looking, but the low pixel count is a bit of a turn off :( can anyone else clean that up now that there is a base for the picture to work with? or can the original poster clean it up?

It's a jpeg, you can't ever clean up a jpeg GOOD.
If someone knows the font I can easily lay it out.

Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:44 am

This thread mentions using Chrysler Condensed with some tweaks:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=481493

I tried converting the original jpg posted in this thread to a vector using Inkscape's trace tool but it comes out a little fuzzy.

kj

Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:12 am

Cool. Ill play with it a bit tonight.

Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:47 pm

Would anyone be able to make me one for my 71 bus?

Just tell me how much it is shipped to FL!

Would be nice to put in my off road bus!!!