Speedometer Face Material

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For those that have taken apart their speedometers, what material is the face made from?  Is it a plastic? metal? 

I am seriously considering trying to find someone that will make me a small batch of reproduction Certified 14o Speedometers.

[tk826]

A while back I spoke with "Bob's Speedometer Shop" in Howell, Michigan.
I had explained this very situation and was informed they could reproduce the speedo faces.

www.bobsspeedometer.com

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Sept 6, 2017 15:23:48 GMT -5 tk826 said:

A while back I spoke with "Bob's Speedometer Shop" in Howell, Michigan.
I had explained this very situation and was informed they could reproduce the speedo faces.

www.bobsspeedometer.com

Did he quote you a price?

[tk826]

It was a while back, but I seem to remember the quote being in the couple- few hundred dollar range. I also remember talking with several speedo/ gauge restoration shops and this being the only one to almost instantly say "no problem!" .

Another, realativly inexpensive alternative may be to scan a speedometer face, prep it in photoshop, have it printed and cut on a decal sheet and apply that to a appropriately shaped piece of frosted plexi.

( or perhaps a frosted decal sheet and clear plexi )

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Thanks bud. I'm hesitant to send the face anywhere! I don't want to mail it to a place....

[scmods55]

If you find a place to make them, I’ll take two....one for a 74 and the other certified for a 77 royal monaco!

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This one fell into my lap, so I'll be using this one to take apart, clean, and scan.  Once digitized I'll play with the numbers to make the zero's small like the '74's and go from there.  I feel more comfortable taking apart this one instead of my NOS '74 cluster.

[Steam McQueen]

- I've noticed these decals recently on daBay from seller 'mopar9999.' The folks who make the decals are "Premium Dash Decals."

Printed on the most expensive grade of 3M industrial white film (no cheapo vinyls here)
Has the exact correct gloss level
Is a “breeze” to apply, no tedious water “slip and slide” installation here
Has “blacks” calibrated to use with Krylon Flat black paint spray paint
Uses a special re-positionable dry adhesive, all you have to do is push down with your fingers to apply
Has hidden micro-ridges in the adhesive so that there is virtually no chance of getting trapped air or wrinkles in your final product
Is an exterior grade film, designed to give years and years of unfailing use
Comes with an proprietary clear coat sprayed over the film that not only produces the correct gloss but also provides ultra-violet light stability so the whites will never yellow and the blacks will never go grey.
Are precision machine cut
Very durable, easy to handle and extremely tear resistant
Use the correct colors, line widths, letter and number fonts (typefaces) just like the originals
Once the adhesive permanently activates (a few hours later) these decals are locked in place for the life of your cluster
Gives you the closest thing possible to the OEM look in an easy to apply decal overlay
As close as you can get to concourse quality in a decal

$24.00

- www.ebay.com/itm/Premium-Dash-Decal-SPEEDO-ONLY-69-70-71-Plymouth-Fury-POLICE-140-MPH-6971CF06/313288440940

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And the decal for the 1972/73 speedo is $54.99 ...




- www.ebay.com/itm/Premium-Dash-Decal-72-73-Plymouth-Fury-POLICE-140-MPH-7273CF08/373320468077

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I checked Premium dash Decals for 1974 decals and did not see any, but they do have circuit boards !




And they are clearly fans of the movie

This version of this circuit board does not incorporate lights for Emission-regulated features like “CHECK EGR” AND “CATALYST” lights, so it will run good on Regular Gas. Replaces OEM Part # 3592604

- premiumdashdecals.com/shop/dodge/monaco/bluesmobile/1974-dodge-monaco-plymouth-fury-no-emissions-lights-incl-bluesmobile-pursuit-package-police/


And the version with the “CHECK EGR” AND “CATALYST” lights. As above, these are $149.99 ...

Our circuit boards are fiberglass with copper traces, as opposed to the factory phenolic (paper with resin) boards

- premiumdashdecals.com/shop/dodge/monaco/bluesmobile/1974-77-dodge-monaco-plymouth-gran-fury-incl-bluesmobile-pursuit-package-police/


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At the moment I'm not seeing any speedo decals for 1974 to 1977 C-bodies.

*Just noticed these folks are Hosers in Harrowsmith, Ontario, which is very close to Kingston, Ontario which is where Dan still has the family farm ... and they're Bluesmobile fans at Premium Dash Decal ... some sort of connection here maybe ? Another side business for Dan   ?

- premiumdashdecals.com/

[tk826]

Wow. 74 reproduction circuit boards. Never would have thought that would be a real thing.
Nice research Steam.