Beautiful color and interior

https://worldwide.dealeraccelerate.net/vehicles/11340/1970-cadillac-deville

That's pretty cool. I think the Packard must operate the same way. It kept falling behind and I kept/keep resetting it.  Now it's always within a couple minutes of actual time when I look at it.

I did finally figure out how to refurbish these clocks.  Coil wires usually burn out as a battery goes dead.  Fortunately they appear to burn at the end, not where they are wrapped (heat sink affect?).  And then the contacts can be replaced by soldering in contacts stolen from an old window, lock, horn, or Bosch relay.  Then a little clean up, blue paint for the inside, and cold galv on the outside. 

Pic is '69 and '66 clock.  Both have run flawlessly for a day and are within a minute or two.  They both have 'auto' adjusters; all you do is keep resetting the time each day if they are fast/slow and each reset adjusts the spring slightly in the proper direction.

Anyone have dead clocks they want looked at?  I suppose the '69 is now available.

Quote from: Fins on May 16, 2022, 08:29:10 AM
Points were retained until 1974 when HEI was offered as an option. Then about 1/4 of the way through the 1974 model year they went full HEI. I always found GM's HEI to be a dependable system that when grabbed in the wrong place at the wrong time would throw you right out from under the hood, you hoping not to hit your head on the secondary hood latch that was hanging down. 

Yeah, guess it was the change from POA valve to VIR that occurred sometime during the '73 model year.

My '72 Monte Carlo had HEI.  Was that factory or did someone convert it before I got it?

Quote from: Fins on May 16, 2022, 08:29:10 AM
Points were retained until 1974 when HEI was offered as an option. Then about 1/4 of the way through the 1974 model year they went full HEI. I always found GM's HEI to be a dependable system that when grabbed in the wrong place at the wrong time would throw you right out from under the hood, you hoping not to hit your head on the secondary hood latch that was hanging down. 

Thanks hard to remember which divisions went HEI first.

Points were retained until 1974 when HEI was offered as an option. Then about 1/4 of the way through the 1974 model year they went full HEI. I always found GM's HEI to be a dependable system that when grabbed in the wrong place at the wrong time would throw you right out from under the hood, you hoping not to hit your head on the secondary hood latch that was hanging down. 

Quote from: classic cruiser on May 12, 2022, 11:32:57 AM
Points until 72 Does it have dual belts or single?

Points 'til sometime mid '73 model run.  Both my '73 Caribou and the parts car I bought for it had dual belts and points.  The Caribou ultimately got Pertronix ignition.

Cool

Quote from: mose on May 12, 2022, 12:04:18 AM
Clock works now, but the little 'kicker' solenoid doesn't seem to wind it all the way 'round.  Only lasts about 1 minute between kicks.  More testing needed.

More clock repair.  Lack of 'kick' was hopefully due to egged out pivot on the striker.  We'll see if it improves once I reassemble it.