I live over the water in the sunny UK...okay not so sunny! Dang I had a look a the book on the link you provided David, problem is is led to other books on the subject I fancied too :) looks an interesting read, will look out for it along with some of the others I don't want to get lots of repetition though.
I think a small nixie clock with fading digits would suit the '55, nice chrome adjustment knobs etc especially if it's standard/ unmodified inc the radio. 4-6 tubes in an arc to match the speedo binnacle maybe? Talking of which I'm going to need to make sure I, or anybody has a very smoothed out power supply, a car's '12V' is all over the place. My particular application is going into a heavily modified 72 VW Beetle I am building for somebody with a distinct Gothic theme which lends itself to steampunk very nicely. I want the whole instrumentation to be nixie/neon based with Bakelite type switches etc. (Think 'Back to the Future' steampunk style!) We're also considering custom made valve amps on show under the bonnet, cotton covered wires, brass terminals... Hopefully win a few shows with it. On 15 Oct, 03:40, J Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > David does live near the U of A. > > I was thinking just a short time ago about how we need to get some > dang nixies into my 55 chevy. It sure would liven it up. > > One of these days David is going to make the nixie clock/ipod amp > thingy for old cars, but I guess I have to do the mechanical design > first. > > Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
