Mr.Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to Oldtimers, Youngtimers and Vintage Motoring@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 months agoWanna go on a ride? just gimme a second, gotta open up literally everything!i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down10
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkWanna go on a ride? just gimme a second, gotta open up literally everything!i.imgur.comMr.Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to Oldtimers, Youngtimers and Vintage Motoring@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoYea, speedo would be a spinning steel wire in a sheath, everything else possibly be electric (tach, oil pressure/sensor, if it even had that).
minus-squarenilloclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoOil pressure was actually an air tube, and coolant temp was a copper pipe. You had to be careful not to kink them or your gauges wouldn’t work. Though the 70s was the transition away from that late 60s tech.
Yea, speedo would be a spinning steel wire in a sheath, everything else possibly be electric (tach, oil pressure/sensor, if it even had that).
Oil pressure was actually an air tube, and coolant temp was a copper pipe. You had to be careful not to kink them or your gauges wouldn’t work.
Though the 70s was the transition away from that late 60s tech.