70 factory Clock

[Daytona Guy]

I have a clock out of a 70 dash and the factory clock works. Is this common? They run as a wind-up clock and every 2 minutes it reloads itself (mechanism) and keeps on ticking.

[Ghoste]

Is it common?  No, not after nearly 40 years.  Most of them had the little contact points weld together at some time because the the plates that the pivot/center shaft thing (that's a technical term) go through have worn holes in them.

[Daytona Guy]

Inside this clock looks like new.

[Ghoste]

Then consider yourself lucky if you intend to use it.  If you are putting the rallye clock/tach in your car, you can sell that one to someone doing a numbers resto or change it into a cool bench clock.  A lot of them are worn out mechanically by now.

[dkn1997]

go to www.clocksandgauges.com and get the quartz kit. yours may work now and I realize it looks new and all,but you cannot beat the quartz for reliability and accuracy, If you want a functional clock, it's just too easy to convert to quartz.  best 53 bucks you will ever spend. I've done 2 of them and it is very easy. 

[Ghoste]

Then again, there is something to be said for the sound of the old clock ticking and resetting itself.