AP2289 Build log 'stage 2'

xb-60 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-29-2018, 06:05 PM

A nice little pre-Christmas surprise came in the post yesterday. It's a Lucas ammeter that I'd been looking for (at a reasonable price) for some time.
I was going to use another similar Lucas ammeter, a 50 amp version that I'd 'cobbled' together a while back, but this one turned up on EBay and it's more correct for an early 289 English car.

It came here from the UK in less time than something ordered from interstate Australia

Cheers,
Glen

xb-60 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-10-2018, 09:52 PM

Comments....

Paint or leave bare alloy as-is?

Looking at pictures of originals, overwhelming number are painted but a few are 'bare'.

(Positioning isn't 100%, currently setting them up to locate securing brackets)

Cheers,
Glen

1795 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-11-2018, 03:53 AM

Glenn,

I like them painted, but given the subtle contrast with the body color that you have there, it does look nice bare.

Jim