Need (Want) Two white faced early 70's Airguides

Here are some pics.

Chuck one pic shows the other speedo(for parts)that face plate seems solid but has a small crack near the 'M' in kilometers...it might be better than yours!

John....I dug mine up and it's in ok shape....the chrome is more pitted than I remember...anyway I can take a pics and you can see for yourself.

Chuck...guess what I have a the glass. Do you need that or the white face?

Does anyone know if the original faces were white or an off-white? Pete?

I've never seen one of these early models that was truly white.

Are the faces you have also still part of the assembly or could you send them detached? Do you have the ability to do an accurate scan? They can probably work from a scan, but I wanted them to have the actual part so they can be sure to get it exactly right.

JMurph wrote: I just confirmed with the art guy today. I'm going to take the face of one of mine and send it to him. I'm glad to do the same with yours. How many do you have? He made it seem like it was a no-brainer. Why don't we complete the process with this one first to make sure it's actually what we need?

Sounds good to me John- let me know how it goes.

Have you cracked into one of these before? Theyre fairly simple- but the faces dont easily detach (theyre rivited on)... you may need to send him the whole assembly to scan.

John,

Your email is set to private & I can't get back to you. Send me an email.

gmcfar161@aol.com

Yeah, I know. I've been watching it along with probably 15 other guys from this site. It appears to have some blimishes on the face, although it does still look nice.

I spoke to a guy today about possibly having the vinyl faces made for these. I should know something in the next couple of weeks if it will work with this guy. It will probably cost me $50 or so to have the file produced, but once it's done, we can have the stickers done pretty affordably.


Stang and Skicat, I'm still interested in what you have.

Thanks Gary.   Long live the king.

Donald,

Thanks. I'll reach out to him, but in the post where you were communicating with him, he stated that he only had the black ones.

John,

I got some 0-50 Black Face overlays from dwcar (dwcar@yahoo.com) in Houston, Texas. They were like $10.00 each and worked great. I purchased bring orange paint from a hobby shop. I installed the overlays and repainted my needle and they came out great. I used the black face, but I think he also has the white face ones.   The guy's name is Don Carr and he also sells the red warning decals on the dash. He has a nice boater's check list. I did my speedo's last winter. I need to get one case rechromed at some point.

I love both of your new boats.

Donald

JMurph wrote: I can't find it. I think I need a search tutorial. Does anyone remember who reproduced them?

I searched under "parts for sale" with the key word "face" and lots came up. here's one

Brilliant! I had not thought about that. I'll do a search for who made those replacement faces.

Hey buddy,

Not sure they are functional and one is duct taped right now. The chrome may clean up nicely, but didn't look that great. The one on the dog house no longer how glass in it and is not in good shape at all. I already have a nice replacement for that one, but the other two could stand to be replaced.

It's hard for me to know since the boat is in Mooresville and I'm in Maryland. I have a rinky dink garage at home that won't even fit that 72 SN, so I would rather it stay inside at RCM or somewhere else down there for now. Once it gets closer to the condition that I anticipate, then it can at least make the trip to Lake Gaston (4 hours closer to me).

Reid who? Never heard of him. I'll take the stranger deal.

I'm trying to get the 72 Promo into really nice condition. That's why I would like to find a couple newer ones. Keep me posted and thanks for looking.

Yep. Austrailia