[FC] timepiece

[Paul Steinberg]

GMC also made one, that was identical to the Corvair clock, except that it had a second hand.  I have also found this clock in some NOS Corvair boxes.  The clocks were made by Borg-Warner, and I believe that they packed the boxes with whatever inventory that was available at the time of shipment. There are a few variations to the Corvair clock.  One has the base attached to the front bezel and the other has the base as a separate unit.  There are also two different versions of the separate base, because of the two different angles of the dashes between the cars and trucks.  There is also the trim piece that comes in the box with some clocks that is for cars with padded dashes.  The one thing that kills all the clocks is that when the battery voltage starts to get low, there isn't sufficient current to charge the coil and break the point contact.  When this happens, the points will sometimes become welded shut, or the thin wire that goes to the points will burn through as a safety mechanism.  They are repairable in this case by soldering in another wire of the same type, gauge, and quality.  
If you want to purchase a NOS Clock, contact me off list and we can discuss it.  As you already know, they are not cheap.  Paul in CT
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: wern3 at juno.com 
  To: corvanatics at corvair.org 
  Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:49 PM
  Subject: [FC] timepiece


  I am a long way from doing interior work or finishing work on the Rampy, but I would like to be ready when I get to that point. I want to mount an early - type Corvair dash clock but they are pretty scarce. Has anyone found a similar nacelle - mounted type clock that would fit this application? I suppose it could be any make, if GM designed these early cars and trucks this way surely it was common in the industry? Yes? No?
  Tim
  '65 vert
  '61 Rampy
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