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01-03-2020, 03:13 PM | #1 |
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Source for the green speedo plastic?
I’m currently going through my speedometers and gauges and require new green plastic for the “windows “. Anyone know a source for this in full sheets so I can cut a heap of them.
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01-03-2020, 03:24 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Source for the green speedo plastic?
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01-03-2020, 05:50 PM | #3 |
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Re: Source for the green speedo plastic?
Do you ozzies have PET plastic drink bottles over there? Possible cheap, easy source?
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01-03-2020, 06:06 PM | #4 |
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Re: Source for the green speedo plastic?
Check your local hobby shop or Staples or Michaels if you have them in Oz.
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01-03-2020, 11:24 PM | #5 |
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Re: Source for the green speedo plastic?
I believe that HRP posted in the past about using the tops from zip lock containers but he might have been referring to red or blue, not green.
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01-04-2020, 06:59 AM | #6 |
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01-05-2020, 04:30 AM | #7 |
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Re: Source for the green speedo plastic?
Thanks I’ll try a few of these.
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01-05-2020, 06:07 AM | #8 |
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Re: Source for the green speedo plastic?
An EFV-8 Club member and friend who restored a '35 Ford pickup used the green plastic material from a 2 liter bottle ginger ale to restore his speedometer. I'm not sure who's brand of ginger ale he actually used though , but he gave me a small roll of that material he had leftover in case I wanted to use it on the speedo in my '35 fordor sedan (Avatar pic). It seemed to be an exact, or extremely close match for the original material used by Henry, plus it has a natural curve from the shape and size of the bottle that would fit the contour of the speedo housing.
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01-06-2020, 06:00 AM | #9 |
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Re: Source for the green speedo plastic?
Thanks John I’ll look into the soft drinks bottle at the super market. I know of a couple green bottles. Dan
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