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AngelzDD
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« on: April 13, 2016, 21:18:27 pm »

Hello cal looker !

I've got a little question !

What do you think about Smiths gauges ? It's a good idea or not in a cal looker ?

See yah !
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Fastbrit
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2016, 22:23:44 pm »

A totally irrelevant question. If you like them, use them. If you don't, then don't.
Follow your own path, not one dictated by others.
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2016, 15:03:34 pm »

I'd say no. Sell em and get VDO. Jet cockpit  Cool
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« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2016, 15:28:10 pm »

Don't listen to Keith, do what everyone else does because it looks right. Grin
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« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2016, 15:57:40 pm »

If a Smiths tacho and speedometer were good enough for Greg Aronson... Use them! Cool

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« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2016, 16:17:39 pm »

is that a dome light on the dash? All these years staring at pictures of this car and had never realised what that was till now  Grin
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vwhelmot
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« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2016, 19:41:54 pm »

Smiths gauges reminds me of minis and those are crap. Smiley
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AngelzDD
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« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2016, 20:14:35 pm »

I've got this in my stock , a tacho and fuel tank, the two from Crashed MG B !

Here is the tacho

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And here is the fuel tank gauges !

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« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2016, 23:17:18 pm »

........ the two from Crashed MG B !


A crashed MGB!!! It must have been going flat out in the right lane when it was run over from behind by something much faster.........like a diesel Transit.
 Grin

The tacho you can fit a small "tach chip" to the needle, most instrument places can do this easy enough if it's broken, and since it's Smiths, that's likely. The later versions had a VDO bobbin in the back, they work better (go figure, huh?).
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2016, 13:44:19 pm »


   ..."A crashed MGB!!! It must have been going flat out in the right lane when it was run over from behind by something much faster"
 

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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2016, 18:30:44 pm »

Here is the crashed MG  Grin

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The rear

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And the inside ... look the steering wheel haha Grin

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I don't know if the owner is ok after the crash  Undecided
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« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2016, 19:46:03 pm »

looks like that car was not going too fast when the driver was tapping on the face of the tach tryin' to get the needle to move.
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« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2016, 20:36:31 pm »

 Cheesy
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