The Cal-look Lounge

Well guys after checking out the pictures of "Peaches & scream" it looks like I still need to find myself a couple more VDO JET COCKPIT GUAGES  ::) :)

if you look closely at the pic I think you'll make out a "Cylinder head temp guage" (top left) now in a perfect world I would LOVE 2 of these but 1 will do   ;) :)

There is also a "Ammeter" (bottom right) I already have a "Volt meter" but you can NEVER have enough guages so I might as well have both  ;) :)

So who can help  ??? Anyone have any leads  ??? Shubee/Gary - any ideas  ???

P.S thanks for the pic fabs  ;)

Going OverBoard Now Lee?? ::) you dont need both a Amp and Volt Gauge? and the Old VDO cly head temp Gauge used a sender that had a copper ring that went under the spark plug it made it a real pain in the A** to change Plugs and I have seen more guys Cross thread spark Plugs with that sender then I can Count.  ;D

i have a fuel gauge still in the box.

Me too ;) :)

Yeah your probably right dude - I just thought it might be fun to find the others  ;) :)

lee here's a picture of carlos ride

Cooooooool thanks dude - I noticed the other day that he ran "Jet Cockpit" gauges - I REALLY want that cylinder head temp gauge :) and before you say it Gary I know the senders are crap  ;) :)

lee here's the same dash but different angle , and the other dash was greg brinton black bitch  8)

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Lee,
Do what you like !
If you want the extra gauges, go ahead !
Make yourself happy first.
 :)

Then when you've finished, go an fit some gauges! ;D

Are we building ourselves an aircraft or a cal looker???  :D ;)

I've never been a fan of the jet cockpits but they do look tons better without the trim rings... like on Carlos' car.

 :-* Thanks Rick..... green beer for you next time!!!  ;D

On Samba...

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/medium/2028069.jpg)

...in a Bradley GT!

Guages? This is a 70's thing, use The Force!   :)

I am not going to buy a whole car just for a couple of gauges dude  :D ;) :)

Yeah, but the steering wheel's pretty cool. too. Looks like a Raid copy of a Prototipo! Go on, you know you want a Bradley GT! ;D

C'mon, you can say it... they're f%cking UGLY!
(Sorry Lee  :-\ )

Looks like the Racemark steering wheel I had in my '67 before the Empi GT.

 :o ::) ;)

Yep they do have a face only a mother could love  ;) :)

I just LOOOOOOOOOOOVE the "Aircraft" look ;D ;D ;D

Why not? I once heard of a guy who bought a Shelby GT-500 just for the wheels. He needed them to complete his Shelby GT-500 resto. Turned around and resold the car minus the wheels.  :D

--louis

I really don´t like those gauges, too, BUT when there was a discussion some moons ago about what makes some cars stand out from the crowd, somebody (I think it was JHU) said that most cars that have "IT" have at least one feature that most paople consider UGLY. I think he´s right and I´m looking forward to see Lee´s finished car!!! ;)
Bye,

Tobi

That's right Tobi... I do go around saying things like that...  when it comes to building a car with some personality, the hard thing is keeping the ugly bits down to "one" ;D
But having seen Lee's buggy... I'm not worried 8)

Lee, you can also get a "transmission temp.gauge" in the VDO Jet Cockpit series !
 ;D :o :D

Like the title says dude "it looks like a still need a couple of guages :("

So where's the link to the one on ebay  ??? ;) :)

hey monkiboy -- do you already have these?

I DO have the tepm gauge BUT I DON'T have the Ammeter - How much do you want for it  ??? ??? ???

Well How much dude  ??? ;)

hey monkiboy -- the guy is willing to sell them for 150€ for both - keep me posted

Hmmm sounds interesting - I will drop you a PM dude :)

Hey Guys I wanted to get this thread going again because I REALLY REALLY want some more of these VDO Jet Cockpit guages:

I have hopefully lined up an Ammeter Thanks to "Turtle001" but I still want a couple more ;) :)

I am looking for the following:

- Cylinder Head Temp guage (possible x2 ;))
- Transmission Temp guage
- ANY bezels - big and small
- ANY senders

So let me know what you can find for me guys  :)

can't really help with the parts, but i have been looking at Dave Kanase's setup in his car and maybe that is something that can inspire you some more as well.  ;)

I just found these, a guy has them in a neighboring town. They are NOS. Are you interested?

(http://i21.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/f2/ec/fb73_1.JPG)

Found this on the samba...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=612774

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/medium/2081299.jpg)

As long as the price is not "silly" I will take them - let me know dude  :)

Shit! The price wasnt silly at all, he ended the auction early, sold for $13 :(

Ill send you a PM

yeah I know - oh well the one I really want is the Cylinder head temp one  ;) :)