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Title: Christmas Present
Post by: lovebus (jack) on November 11, 2008, 02:45:59 PM
If anyone want to get me a Christmas Present, this would be nice. http://www.vintagespeed.com.tw/gauge/dehne.html (http://www.vintagespeed.com.tw/gauge/dehne.html)  :icon_tongue:
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: 66-Ghia on November 11, 2008, 03:45:39 PM
         
                       Ok I give up, what the "heck" is it s3
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: braidmeister on November 11, 2008, 04:05:20 PM
It's a digital fuel gauge...and I bet it's response time is much slower than the cable operated one I had in my '67 Beetle   :icon_cheesygrin: Sloshy sloshy!

PS - 'voll' means Full in German...

-Brady
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: 6T5 square on November 11, 2008, 04:30:04 PM
Yeah but it has a cool vintage look! If I had the cash, I'd put one in the 59 seeing as I have no fuel guage anyway
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: Baha (Shawn) on November 11, 2008, 07:28:29 PM
$125 for an L.E.D. fuel guage?  Jack, you can build that thing for $10
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: lovebus (jack) on November 11, 2008, 08:55:36 PM
Shawn, I just remembered, can you give me a link to that outside mounted camera?
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: Baha (Shawn) on November 12, 2008, 01:34:41 PM
Oregon Scientific Waterproof Camera (http://www2.oregonscientific.com/shop/product.asp?cid=6&scid=14&pid=827)


But QVC has it for $40 bucks cheaper!


Waterproof Camera on QVC (http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.aol_refer.false.tpl.detail.msn_refer.false.item.T26052.ref.GBA?cm_ven=GOOGLEBASE&cm_cat=Sports%20&cm_pla=Toys&cm_ite=T26052)

4 or 5 of these on a cruise will make a killer video! Im saving all my videos for the Christmas Party!
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: jthw8 on November 12, 2008, 10:38:20 PM
32M storage isnt much.  We came up with a great solution for our rally video.  You can pick up cctv bullet cameras for about $50 (less if you surf ebay for a bargain) and a Phillips PMC7230 (or similar) which can be had around $100 (less used) these are a media recorder with a 30GB hard drive and they are small (just bigger than a pack of cigarrettes)  So for about the same price you get a solution with 30GB of storage.  Using 2 of these we were able to record the whole rally without downloading (they download easily to any computer and can be hooked to a tv for playback if desired) 

As a bonus when not using them for recording you can upload videos or photos to them and use them as a personal player.  You can even connect them to your TV and use it as a DVR.
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: Baha (Shawn) on November 13, 2008, 05:51:59 AM
Quote from: jthw8 on November 12, 2008, 10:38:20 PM
32M storage isnt much. 

That's onboard RAM. It takes an SD card. I use a 2 Gb card and it holds 1 1/2 hours of 640x480 (AVI With sound) on 2 AA Bats. It's completely submersible and self-contained. You cant beat it for the price
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: 66-Ghia on November 13, 2008, 06:05:41 AM
 s0k Good morning Shawn or should say in my case "goodnight"  WA#
Title: Re: Christmas Present
Post by: jthw8 on November 13, 2008, 08:01:47 AM
Quote from: Bahaha on November 13, 2008, 05:51:59 AM
That's onboard RAM. It takes an SD card. I use a 2 Gb card and it holds 1 1/2 hours of 640x480 (AVI With sound) on 2 AA Bats. It's completely submersible and self-contained. You cant beat it for the price

Yeah, I saw it had the SD card but 2GB or 30 GB hmmm :)  Granted most people dont have a need to be recording for 4 days straight like we did (still going through all the raw footage)
I looked at those systems when we were putting ours together and they were an interesting option but we just needed more storage capacity.