The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot '60-'66 Trucks mounted compass - what have you used?

Howdy folks.

I am wondering about mounting up a compass in my '65 c10 and I was just curious what some of you have used or have seen in our types of trucks.

Old ones, new ones, retro ones...

Thanks.

-W

-W:

I have a '63 Chevy C30 with a real cool dash-mounted compass. I have some photos of it, as seen here:

Dash-mounted Compass

That's awesome!
I've been looking for a compass too... That one looks pretty good, and it fits the styling of the truck pretty well.

Good location for a clock as well.
I've got a heater delete plate for mine: What I'd love to do is move the heater controls over to the ash tray location, then find a rectangular clock to put in the original heater control location, using the delete plate as a mount.

-Brad

That’s pretty much what I did with mine. The heater controls were moved to the radio location, the ashtray was eliminated and replaced with a switch panel, and the old heater control location was used to mount an aircraft clock.

[IMG]http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8228/clockpanel.jpg[/IMG]

Woogeroo,

If your interested in stock, the OEM style mounts to the bottom of the R/V Mirror and a wire runs along the windshield edge down to the fuse block. I have onr and will mount it there also.

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1414856601054402330AfVRRb

You can find these on ebay sometime CHEAP many time a bit pricy though. Here are some leads.

in Ebay type in Dinsmore Compass.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dins...torsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Nice compass. I love the analogue clock, where did you find it? Really dig your hood safety catch. I've not looked into a compass yet but might have to start soon. I've been searching for a nice analogue clock primarily to install where one might be in the meter cluster but am open to an install such as you did. OEM clocks for my 66 GMC Carryall are hard to come by.
Best of luck!