Vintage Rally Timers

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Vintage Rally Timers

Post by caesarmascetti » Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:33 am

not watches per say but really cool. I have a cobra replica and these will be attached to the dash...SMITH's Rally Timers laste 60's early 70's vintage:

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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by jeckyll » Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:35 am

Those are cool.

I wonder how hardy they had to be given what those rally cars go through!
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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by caesarmascetti » Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:40 am

jeckyll wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:35 am
Those are cool.

I wonder how hardy they had to be given what those rally cars go through!
we will be mounting them on a larger aluminum plate to the dash with rubber spacers. They used to be on Mini Copper rally cars running things like the montecarlo rallye and apparently survived so who knows

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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by rockmastermike » Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:35 am

outfreakinstanding

I want one of these but a clock to on my desk at work

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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by toxicavenger » Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:50 am

that is really cool! I need one to time my wife when i ask for a sandwich!

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Post by caesarmascetti » Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:53 am

Funny enough my gauges are SMITHs

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Post by aikiman44 » Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:59 am

Great stuff.
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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by jeckyll » Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:28 am

caesarmascetti wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:40 am
jeckyll wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:35 am
Those are cool.

I wonder how hardy they had to be given what those rally cars go through!
we will be mounting them on a larger aluminum plate to the dash with rubber spacers. They used to be on Mini Copper rally cars running things like the montecarlo rallye and apparently survived so who knows
That's cool.

It makes me think of all those people who say you can wear your watches golfing / motorcycle riding etc (or god-forbid shower). Then you see these things and what environments they have to put up with.

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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by River Rat » Sat Jan 18, 2020 5:12 pm

Nice rally timers. Cool car. My uncle built a kit car in the 1960’s the body was a Devon made of fiber glass with a Chevy V8 I remember pipes on the side. He use a lot of aircraft parts to make it lighter it sort of looked like a cobra it was fast as I remember.

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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by caesarmascetti » Sat Jan 18, 2020 7:24 pm

River Rat wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 5:12 pm
Nice rally timers. Cool car. My uncle built a kit car in the 1960’s the body was a Devon made of fiber glass with a Chevy V8 I remember pipes on the side. He use a lot of aircraft parts to make it lighter it sort of looked like a cobra it was fast as I remember.
I know the type of car. These cars have come a long way. The Rally Timers will bring the dash together nicely

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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by caesarmascetti » Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:46 am

Since I'm stranded at home had some time to install the Rally Timers in the Cobra

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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by JDC222 » Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:42 am

stephg006 wrote:
Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:29 am
jeckyll wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:35 am
Those are cool.

I wonder how hardy they had to be given meilleurs credits conso what those rally cars go through!
Upon finding it with the help of my youngest daughter, it is now safe and secure in my watch box.
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Re: Vintage Rally Timers

Post by jeckyll » Sat Jul 11, 2020 9:17 am

JDC222 wrote:
Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:42 am
stephg006 wrote:
Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:29 am
jeckyll wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:35 am
Those are cool.

I wonder how hardy they had to be given<<<stephg006 inserted SPAM here>>>what those rally cars go through!
Upon finding it with the help of my youngest daughter, it is now safe and secure in my watch box.
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