clock restoration

[Arnoldsat]

Hi friends,

For my '71 Newport I was looking for a clock. It was a lot car from Florida originally, and had no options except for AC.

So I wanted a clock that would work and keep time accurately. This almost immediately excluded the original clocks. I bought defective one though, for the original look

And disassembled it. I replaced the clock mechanism with a DCF radio controlled unit. This works on a Atomic clock in Germany that broadcasts it's time over a 77 kHz radio signal throughout Europe.

It always keeps perfect time and goes automatically to daylight savings time and back. This is what it looks like in the dashboard:

The knob doesn't do anything anymore.
Happy driving!
Arnold.

 

[Big_John]

That looks nice, but I wouldn't like to have to change the battery.

Maybe one of these wired in to replace the battery. DROK DC Volt Converter Regulator 8-35V 24V/12V To 1.5-24V 5V 12 V 5A Adjustable | eBay

 

[Arnoldsat]

It's not difficult actually. Remove one horizontal ventilation tube by unscrewing a phillips screw, and you can reach it while lying on your back, with your head resting on the brake pedal. But never having to replace it is better of course

 

[Big_John]

you can reach it while lying on your back, with your head resting on the brake pedal.

The days of lying under the dash with the seats still in the car are long gone for me. I can get in there, but the spine will say NFW and I'll be stuck there.

 

[livininharrow]

hey big john does NFW mean no ******* way or normal ******* way? please explain.

 

[Big_John]

hey big john does NFW mean no ******* way or normal ******* way? please explain.

My spine is not "normal", so no....

 

[livininharrow]

sorry bout your spine.

 

[ayilar]

I got to meet @Arnoldsat at BBTR today and saw the clock in CL43L1F189023 — it’s one of several cool yet tasteful/oem-look mods he’s made on his Newport hardtop. I’ll be riding in it tomorrow — thank you!