Hmmmm.....maybe not so "rare" then. And one "gets what they pay for" too. (at least in my case) Mine came from NON running vehicles. But they were a really good deal as I pulled a bunch of other parts along with them. With any luck, the speedos work and/or there are parts on them that can used. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
On 8/3/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > As we speak, I'm looking at an instrument cluster from an '84 (has > analog clock that works) and there are no (zero, none, nada, zilch) > cracks or chips anywhere! > > Mike > '84 GL 7 pass > '84 GL Westy > '85 GL Westy > > > > neil N wrote: > > That's really rare from what I know. > > > > I have two spare clusters of varying quality. Both are cracked in > > quite a few places. And aren't even known working for that > > matter...... > > > > > > Neil. > > > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > > > On 8/3/07, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Well Chris: I just went to the basement and took it apart, It has ALL of the 4 tabs (to the > >> dash), and NONE of the 8 screw holes (for the speedo and clock) have any cracks in them! in NEAR > >> perfect condition...... 171,000 kms on the odo. Maybe I should double the price, Eh? :-) > >> Malcolm > >> > >> --- JordanVw@aol.com wrote: > >>> well it may have all the dash mount tabs, but are the screw bosses for the > >>> speedo uncracked as well? if so, then that's a first for me.. i dont think ive > >>> ever seen a vanagon instrument cluster that didnt have cracked speedo screw > >>> bosses... chris > > > |
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