Has anyone ever used these gauges from New Vintage? Allegedly VDO bits in custom cans with custom faces, so they would utilize standard VDO sending units. I'm kind of digging the 4-banger combo gauge with scales instead of lines. Got an email into the company with no response, as of yet.
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Nevermind. I guess they discontinued making the Porsche gauges.
At one time I thought they could reface my 914 gauges but they had stopped doing that. I had Palo Alto do it. They made me a combo gauge similar to the one you posted.
I love those gauges especially the multi functional one it would be cool to have one of those created to match my other gauges.
do you know if North Hollywood would do one of these?
I'll ask Hemut about it next time I talk to him. I'm going to send my speedo to him next winter. I fixed the speedo last summer, but now my odo doesn't work and, to quote a line from Wayne's speedo tech article, my bezel ring "looks like a dog chewed on it."
Refaced 914 gauges and custom combo gauge:
What's the little "alien"? A phone holder?
@IaM-Ray posted:I love those gauges especially the multi functional one it would be cool to have one of those created to match my other gauges.
do you know if North Hollywood would do one of these?
Yes. At least they were 10 years ago.
@Gordon Nichols, yes, he is a phone holder. The phone weight pushes down on his feet and brings the arms in to grip the top. It also does wireless charging. I have a small power outlet between the windshield rod and the glass so I can use a short cord.
I combined two phone holders to create him.
I had a wireless charger in the Spyder. Eventually I thought it looked too modern.
Now I just have a USB-C cord hidden, but with the end in front of the driver's seat.
@DannyP, I have used an under-dash cord. I installed the alien mount so I can use my phone for navigation. I was slightly concerned by the modern look of a semi-permanent mount rather than a more temporary suction cup mount.
Before this, I had a mount that folded out from the bottom edge of the dash so it was semi-concealed when not in use. It was a bit in the way of other things and the new mount is more line of sight.
I love your gauge is Michael the phone holder not so much 
I should mention that I have yet to find the phone holder that I like so I have yet to install one
@Michael McKelvey posted:@DannyP, I have used an under-dash cord. I installed the alien mount so I can use my phone for navigation.
Isn't that what your right-seater is for?
We use a new invention when driving. It's called a map. They come by themselves or in a book of many. So easy to use that anyone can figure them out, and we are never out of range. They come in different sizes. We might even start a trend, if I could figure out a way to get word out to everyone.
"So easy to use that anyone can figure them out..."
Don't be so sure of that, Bob.
@Bob: IM S6 posted:We use a new invention when driving. It's called a map. They come by themselves or in a book of many. So easy to use that anyone can figure them out, and we are never out of range. They come in different sizes. We might even start a trend, if I could figure out a way to get word out to everyone.
Is map turn-by-turn audio an option?
I used to do grocery deliveries for a small supermarket as a kid 40 years ago....long before Grocery Gateway or others today.
We actually had to draw routes and *gasp* know where you were going, 30-40 deliveries all in a row so you ended up at the furthest distance and shoot back for the next load. Today everything is pre-loaded into your GPS and a zombie can do the run.
@WNGD posted:
...I used to do grocery deliveries for a small supermarket as a kid 40 years ago....long before Grocery Gateway or others today.
We actually had to draw routes and *gasp* know where you were going...
Am I the only one who remembers when one of these was a fixture in front of every small grocery?
With a right-seater that can read and understand a map, I guess turn-by-turn audio IS an option. As long as you don't tune them out, like we do LOL!
Hey! Look it up in your Rand-McNally!
I think the phone holder is cute, Mike. Good position, too. Mine sits a bit low.
I have a Pioneer stereo under the dash and it has a flip-down front face which exposes a CD layer slot. I got a phone holder at Best Buy that clamps fits into the CD slot (I normally stream music/podcasts from my phone so don"t need the CD much).
For the few times I've used it, it has been OK.
When I first started in law enforcement we had to use a Thomas Guide. You spent your early days in the training program putting dozens and dozens of tabs on the different pages based on the different beats. You also went through the back pages highlighted all of the streets in the county islands versus the rest of the city. You had to be quick when a call came in if you had to look up the particular street you were headed to. You had to make a quick list of directions to get there and of course you had to get there. All the while your Training Officer was yelling at you to get going. Ah yes, the good ole' days.
Now when a deputy gets a call the whole thing comes via the in-car terminal and it even routes them to the call from their current location.
