Look what was on my door step today...

Richard Vyse

Richard Vyse

Came home for lunch and low and behold there is a package on my door step. Not sure what it is so I tear into it and to my excited surprise it's a "Tachograph".

No name on the package but will assume by the state in which it was shipped from it came from Paul.

Thanks Paul (if that is you), sure was nice of you and very much appreciated.

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Speed Version

Actually it's the SPEED version referred to in their "hay day" as a "speedograph". Often trucks would have both versions mounted side by side on the dash... one tracking SPEED and the RPM's.... kind of a 50-60's version of "tattle-tale" GPS Unit today. Didn't your "Lifeliner" already have one in it from the factory? The original owner of your Lifeliner must have had an issue with their insurance company or with hospital transfer billings to have one to track time and mileage? MM
 
Mike McDonald said:
Actually it's the SPEED version referred to in their "hay day" as a "speedograph". Often trucks would have both versions mounted side by side on the dash... one tracking SPEED and the RPM's.... kind of a 50-60's version of "tattle-tale" GPS Unit today. Didn't your "Lifeliner" already have one in it from the factory? The original owner of your Lifeliner must have had an issue with their insurance company or with hospital transfer billings to have one to track time and mileage? MM
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The Lifeliner does have one but this baby is going in the Criterion. :specool:
 
I put the wrong shipping address on the label ... That was supposed to go to Brady... Could you please drop it off for me at his place this weekend? :clubem: If you ask nicely, I'll bet that he will loan it to you for a few years...
 
John ED Renstrom said:
darn that must mean that Brady got the other Q you were giving to Richard. oh well one piece of old junk is just like another. :pat:
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Hey Ed, your check is in the mail. Thanks. Got two installed but turns out the ones on my front doors on the Lifeliner are welded in place not bolted. Ideas?
 
Pretty neat thing!! I just saw one for the first time
a week ago in a 1955 International Tow Truck that my
local garage guy/friend recently bought!! That truck just
towed the remains of my '72 Olds C/B out of here yesterday!


Dana Bennett.
 
Richard Vyse said:
Hey Ed, your check is in the mail. Thanks. Got two installed but turns out the ones on my front doors on the Lifeliner are welded in place not bolted. Ideas?
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little privet talk in the middle is always confusing. so they did that on the MM to. I though Cb ws the only one that welded the door striker in place. remove the traces of the old one and take the new one and cut it at a sharp angle. then slip it on. it can't fall off and the spiral cut will keep it were it needs to go. you then adjust the striker by moving the plate on the pillar and either adding or removing shims. now I have found that if you take the insulation off a #10 copper wire you can wind that around the stub and it is the same size as the bushing. wind it tight and crimp the ends down with the pliers and it will take up the slack to. costs about the same and last about as long. worked good on a chevy van for me one time.
 

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It appears as if the doors close tighter on the two doors I've done already. Thatis an improvement for sure.

Hey Ed, I hear you're flying to Albany. Is that true? Sure glad to see you going GREEN on this trip. :specool:
 
garden hose would work for awhile good quality one with the glass reinforcement would look ugly for a longtime. I can sell these for 2 bucks each and make wages shipping free.
nope Richard I'm driving to Albany. but we do have a direct flight to Minneapolis St Paul now for under 100 one way. get to Texas for 2 use you influence and get a cheap one to new york and I'll fly. but if I fly how can I help put your lights on in the parking lot?
 
Richard Vyse said:
It appears as if the doors close tighter on the two doors I've done already. Thatis an improvement for sure.

Hey Ed, I hear you're flying to Albany. Is that true? Sure glad to see you going GREEN on this trip. :specool:
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I cut two at an angle and installed the door pieces. Works good. Hey Ed, I placed one of the 184's on the roof of the Lifeliner (same roof as Criterion) and it looks like the skirt will need to be trimmed after all. So, I'm thinking about mounting it as it is and when in Albany get you to put your magic touch to it.

How does that sound?
 
Richard Vyse said:
I'll bring the tin snips......... Albany is just around the corner.:657:
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Better make that a file for the fine adjustments. Also you will need new gaskets, and a Miller Meteor torque wrench to tighten the bolts to the proper specification. I believe that you might be able to convince Jeremy to bring his collection of Miller Meteor tools to complete this project.
 
Paul Steinberg said:
Better make that a file for the fine adjustments. Also you will need new gaskets, and a Miller Meteor torque wrench to tighten the bolts to the proper specification. I believe that you might be able to convince Jeremy to bring his collection of Miller Meteor tools to complete this project.
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Miller-Meteor tools!? Wow, sounds like I may need to borrow Jeremy and his tools when the '75 M-M gets out of the shop (when, oh when?). I've kept quiet for the most part, but Richard and a couple of others know that I also have a 184H which I plan to make demountable for the '75 M-M combination. I figured I needed some variety and think the modern squared-off look of the 184 goes well w/ the '75 Caddy lines. Hmm, we've gone from tachygraphs to beacons in short order. Maybe I should have made a new thread...
 
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