Well I spun my odometer over 100,000 last weekend. Yeah my 1981 gets to start from zero again under my ownership . Shortly after though I noticed the first digit stuck on 9, so I took out the speedometer and found the ribbon was broken between the first two digits. After surfing the Corvette Forum I found for the last 20 years many members with classics sent their gauges off to Redline Gauge and Clock Repair for cleaning, repairing, recalibrating and refacing with great reviews. So being that Uncle Sam thought an 85Mph speedometer would make people drive slower in that era I figured the Vette deserved a little better and have one that goes up to 140Mph. I sent the speedometer up to John on Monday, it got there Wednesday at noon and he took it apart, cleaned, refaced for 140Mph, put in a new ribbon, recalibrated, tested and sent back to me Thursday. I got it back this afternoon, put it back in the car and tested. Speedometer looks excellent, runs smooth, no more bouncing needle and the odometer is working too. He even cleaned up the rust pits and painted the back to factory condition. I took a few before and after pictures attached. Great service and work by Redline Gauges and Clock. Thanks for others on the forum for your reviews, they helped me become aware of Johns great work.

Since I pulled out the dash lens it was time to change the gold dash, center console and vent trim from what the previous owner painted to gold and back to the original chrome/silver metallic trim. I wet sanded off most of the gold and silver underneath, cleaned and repainted. I found a Testors Enamel Argent Silver Metallic paint pen at Hobby Lobby and was done in no time. The pen produced a very professional looking strip on the trim also.

Now if I could find a reproduction steering wheel Camel color with black spokes or a place to redo my original at a decent price, that would get my interior just about complete.

Reaper

 

Great job. Your interior looks exactly like mine, even the wood grain.

 

Thanks, I'm trying to get it back as close to original as possible with a few upgrades here and there.

 

Great work, looks nicer and looks stock.

I never liked the low mph speedo and the orange "55" to remind you of Jimmy Carter.

 

very nice job

 

This is on my to-do list as well. Nice job

 

Looks good.

Already have a nicely done 165 speedo, but I'm hoping that Redline should also be able to do a late C3 tach reface with custom redline, even tho not shown on their site.

 

Thanks. Sounds like Red Line Clock and Guages can fix and repair many guages as well as reface. Good luck, keep that C3 going!!!!

 

Reaper,

I would like to get my speedo redone to 140 as well, what was the approx cost with shipping and speedo work?

 

Shaun,

If you google Redline Gauge and Clock Repair and then go to the speedometer page (http://www.redlineg.com/redlineg/Speedometers.html) they have a listing for repair costs and modifications They were great people to work with and fast turnaround. My cost as posted on their website was 130 bucks for the speedo conversion to 140 MPH, including repairs and shipping back, but well worth it.

Good luck

Randy

 

Are you saying it was $130 including the repair and return shipping or were those extra ? Was was your total price ? I'm looking at having them do my 82 to a 140.

 

I would contact them to be sure of the pricing. I would not want to give the wrong information or pricing for the vendor if I am not correct. Their email information is listed at the bottom of the their webpage and will answer you back. Give them the car type, year and what you would like to have done, they will send you a quote for your request.

 

This is a great upgrade for those of us stuck with the 85 mph speedo. Pretty easy to do also. A good time to change out all of the light bulbs while you are in there.

 

These C3 steering wheels must be made of gold!

 

I wrapped my own and I can see why they charge so much to do it and I already had alll the stuff to do it in my shoe repair shop

 

Rogers sold me a 165 m.p.h speedo and set the odometer to my original mileage about i3k. Works very well.