Let me know how it came out. BTW I picked up some LED headlights like your on eBay. They look fantastic and the best part I can really see well now at night. I orignaly was going to go with HID, but these were super simple and give it a very nice custom look. I haven't been on in a while. I hope...
I was wondering if it would fit in the original clock case. The clock movement I used just fit snugly in the factory clock case. Yours is still a good idea.
If you want to update it, I posted this 4/8/22 Fixing that broken clock. https://7173mustangs.com/threads/fixing-that-broken-clock.40667/ . You can use a buck converter if you want to wire it back in. It will drop the voltage from 12v to 1.5v.
I bought a $1 buck converter to drop the voltage to 1.5v. I decided against using it at this time because of daylight savings time. I'll still have the inconvenience of pulling the battery for an hour, or waiting to set the time and putting the battery back in. So for the time being this will...
Today I'm taking that broken factory clock and making it a nice quartz clock. Total cost of this project was less than $30.
After I got started on this, I thought I should do a little how to while I was at it. Sorry, I thought of this after I got started. The only thing you missed was the...
Hello and welcome from Colorado. It looks like you have a nice start. Building these cars is a passion. Looks great so far. I would love to see more as it progresses.