01-07-2008, 05:07 PM
After some research, and discussions with two Porsche repair specialists, I have come up with the following recommendations:
1) It's always best to go with a VDO specialist when dealing with the clocks. That would be either
North Hollywood Speedometer & Clock Co.
611 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91606
Tel. 818-761-5136
Fax. 818-761-4857
Email: info@nhspeedometer.com
Website: http://www.nhspeedometer.com/
OR
NSI (Nichols Speedometer & Instrument)
1336 Oakland Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27403
Tel. 336-273-2881
Fax: 336-273-2923
Email: info@nsifleet.com
Website: http://www.nsifleet.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv
I was told that NSI is like the East Coast Branch of VDO specialists.
2) The speedometer, well that’s a lot less tricky than the clock, I’m told that generally most speedometer repair shops can handle the cleaning, lubricating and minor repairs for them. To refurbish or refinish them, the above two places would be the recommended shops.
There are several other shops in California that I’ve found who also claim to repair the clocks as well as all the VDO gauges, but nobody I’ve talked to has ever used their services.
Palo Alto Speedometer, Inc.
http://www.paspeedo.com/porsche912.htm
Speedometer Plus
http://www.speedometerplus.com/
Southern Electronics, Inc.
http://www.instrumentclusters.com/
United Speedometer Service
http://www.speedometershop.com/
But locally, all I have found is
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Powl's Speedometer and Automotive repair:
2340 Dairy Road
Lancaster Pa. 17601
(717) 898-2552
Website: http://www.powls-speedometer.com/SpeedometerRepair/Default.aspx
And the people I talked to only had speedometers repaired at Powl’s. So they can’t vouch for any clock repairs.
I may just send them out to California and be done with it…
1) It's always best to go with a VDO specialist when dealing with the clocks. That would be either
North Hollywood Speedometer & Clock Co.
611 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91606
Tel. 818-761-5136
Fax. 818-761-4857
Email: info@nhspeedometer.com
Website: http://www.nhspeedometer.com/
OR
NSI (Nichols Speedometer & Instrument)
1336 Oakland Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27403
Tel. 336-273-2881
Fax: 336-273-2923
Email: info@nsifleet.com
Website: http://www.nsifleet.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv
I was told that NSI is like the East Coast Branch of VDO specialists.
2) The speedometer, well that’s a lot less tricky than the clock, I’m told that generally most speedometer repair shops can handle the cleaning, lubricating and minor repairs for them. To refurbish or refinish them, the above two places would be the recommended shops.
There are several other shops in California that I’ve found who also claim to repair the clocks as well as all the VDO gauges, but nobody I’ve talked to has ever used their services.
Palo Alto Speedometer, Inc.
http://www.paspeedo.com/porsche912.htm
Speedometer Plus
http://www.speedometerplus.com/
Southern Electronics, Inc.
http://www.instrumentclusters.com/
United Speedometer Service
http://www.speedometershop.com/
But locally, all I have found is
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Powl's Speedometer and Automotive repair:
2340 Dairy Road
Lancaster Pa. 17601
(717) 898-2552
Website: http://www.powls-speedometer.com/SpeedometerRepair/Default.aspx
And the people I talked to only had speedometers repaired at Powl’s. So they can’t vouch for any clock repairs.
I may just send them out to California and be done with it…
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2006 Nissan Titan LE CC
1980 Renault Alpine A310
1968 912 (R.I.P.)
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.