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Reply to "New 356 Speedster owner in the UK - hi!"

I second the "Welcome to our group"!

Regarding the tachometer repairs, I would google "vdo gauge repair in the uk" and it'll pop up a bunch of choices.  A word of warning:  There are three places in the US that we go to for gauge repair (two VDO and one Smiths) and they are all expensive, but a number on here have gotten their tachs and speedos repaired with very good luck.

DO NOT TRY TO ZERO THE SPEEDOMETER TRIP METER WHILST THE CAR IS MOVING!!!   That will instantly render the trip meter useless forever until repaired.  (Or just live with it.)

Parts for just about everything on the car are available from Gerg Leach at Vintage Motorcars of California   https://www.vintagemotorcarsinc.com   Yes, shipping will be expensive so I would look in the UK, first.  Show us a photo of the convertible top latches so we'll know which ones you have and we can go from there.

One of our members is @Martin's Eleven (UK) down in Portsmouth, UK, and he's just finished bringing an older Speedster back to life,  You can send a private message to him.   He may also get an email alert as I mentioned his username on this.  There is also a way for you to see any other members of this site close to you up under the "Members" drop down - Follow the prompts and try different things to find others (I just tried it and got Bupka.  That's why I said "try different things").

So what's the other "classic" you're restoring?

Gordon - The Speedstah Guy from Grafton, Massachusetts

Last edited by Gordon Nichols
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