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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

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.

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

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.

Mtg Bracket

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.