Abbott Instrument Restoration

1939 Ford Deluxe speedometer and tell-tale temperature gauge after rebuild. This Delco manufactured 100mph speedometer required a lot of love including an nos trip reset stem and a full rebuild on the total and quick reset trip odometer assemblies which both perform flawlessly now. The King-Seeley manufactured tell-tale temperature gauge was extensively cleaned before being rebuilt to a custom length with new components, charged using our in-house made UV stable fluid and then fully calibrated back to spec.

Waltham manufactured Tesla "air-drive" speedometer, 90 degree adapter and cable assembly for a 1925 Springfield-built Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. These speedometers are referred to as "air-drive" units because incredibly tight tolerances and air friction created inside the unit are what moves the speed indicator (not magnets or gears). The speedometer was extensively repaired during the rebuild process in order to restore full functionality of the speed indication along with the total and trip odometer assemblies along with the reset function. Everything pictured was fully disassembled and serviced. No artwork was refinished, just improved upon. Fresh plating. These air-drive units are incredibly labor intensive to restore because the pot metal internal components are always warped/broken/swollen and you must get everything back into perfect alignment before you can begin calibration and pot metal is quite unforgiving.

And here is a MotoMeter manufactured 2 3/8 back mount fuel gauge and custom sending unit. The sending unit is built to fit an original 1932 Ford passenger fuel tank (which came originally with a hydrostatic unit). The sending unit squeezes as much as you can possibly fit in that small 6 bolt fl**ge incorporating the fuel pickup line, vent and rheostat assembly running in the long obsolete ohm range required to operate that Auburn gauge correctly. The gauge was fully serviced and calibrated but all of the "patina" was left as requested. Still operating 6v+.