lump Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Hello. I've owned this old VDO brand auto clock for years, but cannot seem to find what car it belongs to. It is marked, "VDO" at the bottom of the clock face, and "Made In Germany" at the top. Does anyone recognize it?The backside is stamped with the numbers, “1 59” which I ASSUME might be a manufacture date. Another AACA forum reader suggested to me that this might fit an older Mercedes SL…perhaps a 1959 model. Do you have any idea about this? Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 (edited) Sorry to disappoint you. It is much more likely to have come from a humble VW Beetle or possibly a Karman Ghia coupe.. I would hesitate before I connected it up to 12 Volts. In the absence of any other marking I think you may find that it is 6 Volt. Edited June 7, 2013 by oldcar (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Sorry to disappoint you. It is much more likely to have come from a humble VW Beetle or possibly a Karman Ghia coupe.. I would hesitate before I connected it up to 12 Volts. In the absence of any other marking I think you may find that it is 6 Volt.Oldcar, thanks for the reply. Heck, it's no disappointment at all. I am not hoping to find that it fits one car or another...just trying to find out WHAT it fits at all. It's useless like this, just sitting in a cardboard box. I would be much happier if I knew what it fit. SOMEONE somewhere probably would like to have it. You make a good point about 6 volt versus 12 volt. I haven't tried hooking it up at all, and won't do so until I (hopefully) can learn some more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest henry roberts Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 (edited) hi, i can't tell you what it is for but i'm fairly certain it's not for a VW. the face doesn't match any era vw gauge and i've never seen or heard of one like it in 18 years of playing with VW's. the 1.59 stamp is the date of manufacture.it is a rear wind windup clock. the big knob on the back being the winder. as a generalization vw clocks in the 50's were either front wind for oval/big window beetles and kombi's or side wind with the winder in the glovebox on split window beetles.if you pull out the bulb holder, the thing with the square end with a screw in it, at 1 o'clock in the rear picture, if it has a bulb you can read the voltage of the bulb, but that it the only electrical part the gauge. Edited December 26, 2013 by henry roberts (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOutThere Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Depending on the mounting diameter, I could be interested in this clock for my 1952 German-built car which has other VDO gauges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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