It had two bulbs either side, with little rubber caps on to turn them green while also blocking most of the light! And if I took the rubbers(!) off then I got a sickly yellow light that was bright enough to see the speedo by but made me want to punch a random stranger in the head (not necessarily a bad thing...)!nobby wrote:That speedo looks gorgeous Toxic! I'm sure the standard dials in a Beetle are almost the same as the early 911 dials, and so I also recall how bloody hopeless they are at night. I'd have LOVED to have that sort of look in my '74 3.0L RS lookalike! Would've matched the red rear rollcage and 3-point harness perfectly (ahh, I miss that car...).
I whipped it out (the speedo, not my penis! Though that's not very visible in the dark either... or in daylight), took the front off, inserted a small led strip wired into the original bulb circuit, and can now go past speed cameras with a bit more confidence ;-)
RS lookylikey? You wide boy :-P
