Seriously hard to find these, but still a grand is a lot for a clock...
Info here for anyone interested
http://zclocks.com/rally-clock-identification.html
Pretty useless piece of kit.
Pretty useless piece of kit.
If they were fitted to the majority of these cars then they must be really common in Japan. Yes?
From personal experience, or received wisdom?
You could say the same for just about anything bolted to these cars, or indeed the cars themselves. Meanwhile, the oscillator-driven 'Rally' clock was fitted to the majority of Japanese market S30-series Z cars from 1969 through 1973, and was a Nissan 'Sports Option' item in Japan and other markets.
Nissan even saw fit to add them to their works rally car builds. Here's an example from one of the works 1970 RAC Rally cars:
Personal experience.
Nigel Brook said:Don't see the "rally" clock in your pic. Trip meters, yes.
Really? Perhaps you'd like to explain how it works, and what functions it could perform?
Calling it "useless" requires some qualification if it's an opinion that's going to be taken seriously.
You seriously can't see it in that photo?
Seriously?
Don't know why I should justify this with a reply.
Nigel Brook said:Rallyed for around 20yrs. Used one in the early days.
One of the buttons stops the sweep hand and adjusts the central bezel. The other adjusts the clock. Perhaps ok for regularity rallys if you don't mind undoing your seat belt to operate it but no real use for stage events.
I know why Nigel didn't see the clock - normally in a rally car clocks and tripmeters are mounted adjacent for ease of use and timing calculation.
Nigel Brook said:Perhaps ok for regularity rallys if you don't mind undoing your seat belt to operate it but no real use for stage events.