Clock mounting help

[Tbird]

Here is a Phinney Walker rim wind with a angled case. How does something like this mount on the dash? It has a set screw on the bottom. I’m thinking that perhaps there was some sort of bracket that it mounted to in the firewall. Any help much appreciated
Thanks
Mike

[Tbird]

[Dropacent]

Mike, yes , you are missing the mounting bracket. I think I have one that would show what’s missing. Easily made. Nice clock! The small hole cover is often missing, so you are good to go there.

[Tbird]

Tim,
Great thanks. I’d love to see a picture/Know how to make one. Thanks Mike

[Dropacent]

Mike, I have two here that are different. I’ve got another that’s off for repair. There will be a plain looking bracket of some sort that will get screwed to the dash. your clock will hang on this bracket, and opening the cap at th bottom, and reaching a screwdriver up inside will attach it securely to the bracket, making it rather difficult to steal. Putting a $10 clock on an original vehicle was quite the expense back then. I’ll post a picture of another type, this one hangs on two angled tabs, and then the screw will secure. Yours uses that big center pin, I think. Good luck, I’m sure you can make something that will work.

[Dropacent]

Mtg Bracket

[Scott_Conger]

Tim

I remember a time when these were worthless. As a kid, my dad collected clocks (I later became a watchmaker for a period of time, years later) and in the 1960's there were two clocks that you didn't want to find in the pile of clocks bought out of garages and estates: Oak kitchen clocks and car clocks. They either went to the dump immediately, or were held onto until the 1970's and THEN taken to the dump. As a kid, I could never understand it. There was very little vision among "collectors" back then. But then again, pinwheel regulators, lighthouse clocks and wagon-spring double steeple clocks were still popping up and the serious collectors made sure they never hit the market again...ever.