I've been selling 914 stuff and trading 356 stuff in order to gather up the rest of what I need for the SC Coupe. I've been hoping to find a use roll bar or cage with an inspection sticker or two already on it. Kind of establishing a false provenance for a race car that never existed.
Anyway, in a box of stuff was THIS:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/gaugescoop4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/gaugescoop3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/gaugescoop2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/gaugescoop1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/gaugescoopbase2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/gaugebase1.jpg
I've been holding onto it and debating whether to use it, but it's just WAY to cool to waste on what I have planned.
It's a hundred year old (not REALLY) hand made aluminum steering wheel column mount and a snorkle gauge pod from one of those off shore racing boats from the 50's that some old racer built for his 356 ! ! Totally sweet and original Ol' Skool kinda purpose built Salt Flats/track racing equipment. The opening fits a standard VDO or Stewart Warner gauge, and it clamps perfectly onto the steering column in a 356. The workmanship is So sweet, I LOVE this sucker!
I'm going to put it up on Ebay, but figured that I ought to let someone here have dibs if they want. The vintage snorkle part alone goes for $100 or more on Ebay to the old boat restorers, anyone here can have it for $75 if they want. It's a special part for a special kind of build, but it's cool beyond cool.
Lemme know, OK? Maybe by the end of this coming week.
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