Tripminders for sale

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Tripminders for sale

March 18, 2011, 02:38:47 PM

I picked up 2 tripminders a couple of weeks ago at the salvage yard and have not had a chance to dissemble, clean, polish, etc. I am pretty busy and won't have a chance to get to it for a while, so I am offering these at a lesser price than I usually do. These are Crown Vic units and you will need to use the mounting brackets off of your current clock and wire them up yourself (pigtail provided.) I will plug them in to make sure they power up but please note these are 30 year old electronics and all functions might not work. I can also include one of the red lenses I cut in case you want to change the display color, at no extra cost.

$30 shipped.

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Reply #1 – March 18, 2011, 08:09:20 PM

pm sent

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Reply #2 – March 18, 2011, 08:32:41 PM

What color are the displays on them now? I need a green one.

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Reply #3 – March 18, 2011, 08:44:00 PM

Sale pending on both tripminders.

They are the normal, blue-green color. If you are looking for one the same color as the clock, you won't find one. Every Tripminder I have had, even the ones from Fox Thunderbirds, have had the exact same color lens.

I may have another if you are still looking.

Edit: This is what they looks like lit up... (not the current ones for sale)

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Reply #4 – March 18, 2011, 09:14:07 PM

In this article it says 85/86 Tbirds/Cougars have a green lens and all the other have a blue/green lens. Ill see if I can find anymore info or truth about it and I will let you know. If I cant find another I will definitely pick one up from you.

http://www.coolcats.net/tech/advanced/tripminder.html

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Reply #5 – March 18, 2011, 09:45:38 PM

I can confirm the green lense tripminders do exist. I've possessed and sold several. They are not the same color lense as the big car tripminder.

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Reply #6 – March 18, 2011, 09:48:37 PM

I have read the article also, but I don't think the Tripminders actually ever made it into the 85-86 cars. All of the Fox tripminders I have come across have been from 83-84 Thunderbirds. In fact, looking through my owners manual for my 86 Cougar, there is no mention of the tripminder or how to set it or anything. The owners manual for 83s however, dedicates 7 pages to it.

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Reply #7 – March 18, 2011, 09:55:24 PM

Hey Jangus, do you happen to know what type of car (year, model, trim level?) the green lens Tripminder came from or possible have any pictures? I am only curious because I have probably had 30 tripminders pass through my hands and have never seen one.

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Reply #8 – March 18, 2011, 10:05:16 PM

Here are the current ones that just sold.

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Reply #9 – March 18, 2011, 11:02:46 PM

Sorry to hijack, is there a good method of refinishing the lettering on these things? I have one here and most of the white has rubbed off.

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Reply #10 – March 19, 2011, 02:51:45 PM

I will take one when you find another...
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pm when you get one pls

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Reply #11 – March 19, 2011, 05:05:48 PM

I have tried a couple of different methods to repaint the letters but haven't gotten one to come out perfect yet. I tried to paint them with a small brush but I must not have been steady enough. What I do is I take a piece of acrylic sheeting (just because its is very flat and I have lots of it laying around) and brush paint on it then after disassembling the tripminder to remove the buttons, I press it onto the face, kind of like a stamp, and only the raised letter get the paint on them. It usually takes me a few tries to get a result I am happy with.