Arnoldsat
New Member
Hello friends,
My name is Arnold and I live in The Netherlands. I own a 1971 Chrysler Newport. Of course I know that's not an B body.
It has it's own webpage, if anyone's interested.
I just wanted to say hi because I read along with you, and well, because MOPAR.
A while ago I was looking for a clock. My car was a lot car from Florida originally, and had no options except for AC.
So I wanted a clock that would work and keep time accurately. This almost immediately excluded the original clocks. I bought a defective one though, for the original look
And disassembled it. I replaced the clock mechanism with a DCF radio controlled unit.
This works on a Atomic clock in Germany that broadcasts it's time over a 77 kHz radio signal throughout Europe.
In the US they have something similar, WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks.
It always keeps perfect time and goes automatically to daylight savings time and back. This is what it looks like in the dashboard:
The clock's knob doesn't do anything anymore, the seconds needle is gone..
In my mind, this was not restricted to a certain MOPAR body style
Happy driving!
Arnold.
I love classic US built V8 powered automobiles! Arnold's 1971 Newport on arnoldsat.com
~ Just because you know how to work on it doesn't mean you know how it works ~
My name is Arnold and I live in The Netherlands. I own a 1971 Chrysler Newport. Of course I know that's not an B body.
It has it's own webpage, if anyone's interested.
I just wanted to say hi because I read along with you, and well, because MOPAR.
A while ago I was looking for a clock. My car was a lot car from Florida originally, and had no options except for AC.
So I wanted a clock that would work and keep time accurately. This almost immediately excluded the original clocks. I bought a defective one though, for the original look
And disassembled it. I replaced the clock mechanism with a DCF radio controlled unit.
This works on a Atomic clock in Germany that broadcasts it's time over a 77 kHz radio signal throughout Europe.
In the US they have something similar, WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks.
It always keeps perfect time and goes automatically to daylight savings time and back. This is what it looks like in the dashboard:
The clock's knob doesn't do anything anymore, the seconds needle is gone..
In my mind, this was not restricted to a certain MOPAR body style
Happy driving!
Arnold.
I love classic US built V8 powered automobiles! Arnold's 1971 Newport on arnoldsat.com
~ Just because you know how to work on it doesn't mean you know how it works ~
