[DeTomaso] Veglia Gauges: the weekend dumb question

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/8/15 7 05 0, cengles at cox.net writes:

> I recently saw a lovely video from AutoWeek about a
> bespoke car builder in New Zealand who hand fabricated a classic Ferrari
> 250 GTO for a customer.    As I watched it, I noticed that the Ferrari GTO
> copy used Veglia gauges.  
> 
> >>>As did the originals.   Early Ferraris used Jaeger gauges but from the 
> late 50s/early 60s forward to today, they all use Veglia instruments.
> 
> >                    I have heard aspersions and insults cast upon the
> Pantera Veglia gauges for inaccuracy, variability, etc, etc. 
> 
>>>So have I, but I have never seen a single credible shred of evidence to 
support those outlandish claims.

> >  I had assumed
> that they were mundane, run of the mill, cheap, average Italian gauges.
> 
>>>Well, they are.   But they have a pretty simple job to do, and they do 
it well.   

> >                    However, Ferrari used them on the iconic 250 GTO and
> raises my weekend dumb question:   Veglia gauges: how good are they really 
> in the
> context of Italian sports cars of the sixties and seventies?
> 
> >>>They are no better or worse than anything else of that period.   The bar 
is pretty low for a temperature gauge, for instance.   As long as it shows 
the correct temperature, the job is done.   Now, that requires a proper temp 
sender to feed the gauge, and proper wiring so that the 'data' isn't 
corrupted between the source and the instrument.   But with those taken care of, 
the stock gauges work just fine.

Mike
> 
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   In a message dated 2/8/15 7 05 0, cengles at cox.net writes:
   > I recently saw a lovely video from AutoWeek about a

     bespoke car builder in New Zealand who hand fabricated a classic
     Ferrari
     250 GTO for a customer.    As I watched it, I noticed that the
     Ferrari GTO
     copy used Veglia gauges.
     >>>As did the originals.  Early Ferraris used Jaeger gauges but from
     the late 50s/early 60s forward to today, they all use Veglia
     instruments.
     >                    I have heard aspersions and insults cast upon
     the
     Pantera Veglia gauges for inaccuracy, variability, etc, etc.

   >>>So have I, but I have never seen a single credible shred of evidence
   to support those outlandish claims.

     >  I had assumed
     that they were mundane, run of the mill, cheap, average Italian
     gauges.

   >>>Well, they are.  But they have a pretty simple job to do, and they
   do it well.

     >                    However, Ferrari used them on the iconic 250
     GTO and
     raises my weekend dumb question:  Veglia gauges: how good are they
     really in the
     context of Italian sports cars of the sixties and seventies?

   >>>They are no better or worse than anything else of that period.  The
   bar is pretty low for a temperature gauge, for instance.  As long as it
   shows the correct temperature, the job is done.  Now, that requires a
   proper temp sender to feed the gauge, and proper wiring so that the
   'data' isn't corrupted between the source and the instrument.  But with
   those taken care of, the stock gauges work just fine.
   Mike