We have received and are testing the final production samples of our new gauges. This has been a joint venture between us (Special Edition/Beck) and Intermeccanica. The goal was to make a QUALITY gauge in the vintage 356 style. As you can imagine, it is not easy for two small companies to take on something like this with a company as large as VDO... and there were some compromises along the way in order to get these produced. In the end I feel we have created a retro-modern gauge that is very similar to the original gauges, MUCH higher quality, 2 year warranty directly from VDO (no more China-crap gauges that just don't last)
A few more modern indications on the gauge faces, but I don't feel they detract from the look or vintage feel.
We were able to keep the oil temp and fuel senders the same.
They are 100mm, just as the originals (replicas, both old VDO and China are 105mm) We are working on several solutions for retro fitting these gauges to your existing 105mm holes.
GPS speedometer with 200,000 pulse per minute refresh rate.
Electronic odometer and trip.
Fully sealed gauge cases (old style gauges can fog up and get dusty inside)
We are testing these in a car now and once approved we will begin the production runs.
We do not yet have final pricing, but the goal was also to keep them inline with what the old VDO gauges cost, and all of our cost estimates and amortized tooling costs indicate that we will meet this goal.