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AAVeeDub
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 Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject: Interior Help! |
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Hey guys. My speedometer is a little messed up; the people I bought my bus from broke the needle and ruined the face... Has anybody found a digital face to fit the 3 3/4" opening in the instrument panel? Also, I want a cool looking accelerator pedal and brake and clutch pedal.. anybody found any interesting pedal pads to fit my '74 bus?  |
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SGKent 
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Ah - another new bus owner who has never lived in a mechanically analog word.
Maybe you can adapt these
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=...prd235.htm
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curtis4085
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X10 don't try and reinvet the wheel. And most of all try to stay stock as possible, as it will retain its value that way. If you do start ripping stuff out and putting after market garbage in please save all the removed parts for any future owner to replace. All those parts you want to remove are no longer made and are worth keeping.
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Dead 1
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Rip all the original stuff out and replace with made in china, then give me a shout and I will take it off your hands.  
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samwise
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Or find someone in Brazil willing to sell and ship the current instrument pod, if you want something different:
Daytime
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Bala
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That looks so outta place, but so cool at the same time.
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AAVeeDub
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I couldn't find an original speedo, so I was trying to fit a digital. Then o found Corey in Virginia who replaces them. I do want to keep everything as stock as possible, yes. But I am not going for value, as this is going to be my daily driver for a LONG. LONG. time Corey is going to make it look like new for about a buck fifty.. same price as digital that doesn't fit  still nobody with a custom pedal cover? |
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Randy in Maine
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Usually a new used speedo is about $20 from the classifieds or from one of the usual parts guys. |
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Desertbusman
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I couldn't find an original speedo, |
Did you drive over to Blair and Son?
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AAVeeDub
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| It was the PO.. everything was in reeeeeeeeeeeeally bad shape... |
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odecom5
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This is actually pretty awesome. Anyone here use one in their bus? I see this also as a great use for those with undersized front tires to actually get accurate speed/mileage. |
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AAVeeDub
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| Just found a guy with a great looking speedo, actually. thanks a lot guys. Saved me some $$!! |
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| 74BabeWindow wrote: |
| Just found a guy with a great looking speedo, actually. |
The common rule here is pics or it didn't happen, but this is one time when I think it's best you refrain from posting any pics of a guy in a speedo 
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AAVeeDub
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It never fails that a whitty member cracks me up on a forum.. ill post pics once I get it and install it. anybody had any experiences getting their dashboard re-vinyl'd? Like I said, this will be mine for a loooooooooong time, so I'm going to get a nice red put over the vinyl don't shoot me down. My decision is final!  |
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odecom5
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| samwise wrote: |
Or find someone in Brazil willing to sell and ship the current instrument pod, if you want something different:
Daytime
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Anybody have a part number or more pics of this thing? |
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AAVeeDub
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| It never fails that a whitty member cracks me up on a forum.. ill post pics once I get it and install it. anybody had any experiences getting their dashboard re-vinyl'd? Like I said, this will be mine for a loooooooooong time, so I'm going to get a nice red put over the vinyl don't shoot me down. My decision is final! |
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AAVeeDub
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| Just found a guy with a great looking speedo, actually. thanks a lot guys. Saved me some $$!! |
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I actually really like those... The price is the only thing keeping one of those out of my empty clock hole right now... (no way I'd rip out my stock unit, even if it says I'm going 60 when going 52, and freezes when it shows anything over 65. At that point it takes a whack of the unit with the right hand through the empty hole )
And oh how I wish gauge companies would offer templates for making our own faces... One member here did something like that with his tach, and that might look sweet on this setup as well!
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