'65 Corvette Convertible, #s 365hp/4-sp, Mostly Orig Paint, Transistorized Ignition

[mockingbird812]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----One of the reasons the odometers broke in 63 to 67 Corvettes was people trying to zero out the trip odometer while the car was moving. It would strip a small nylon gear. Not hard to fix, but the whole cluster had to come out and a lot of guys just didn't want to attempt that, me included, although I have probably had 50 or more clusters out over the years for one thing or another!.....Bill S

... 50 or more clusters.....

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by mockingbird812

... 50 or more clusters.....

----Most were just restorations, Sam. New faces or complete gauge replacement. Several had already been out and done wrong. Most common was putting the concave glass in backwards (convex). The faces were concave to cancel out reflections. I still see that mistake today, sometimes to nice Vette's otherwise......Bill S

[mockingbird812]

All good info. I am not disputing that odometers can stop working. My point is that the seller is misleading when he states, “.....this possibly could be correct.” The current owner knows whether the odometer is working now or not. That is a foul in my book.