>Were the Germans just really big into clocks in 1984?  Because my vanagon
>has a large clock in place of something useful, like the tachometer that
>I'll bet most of you have.

Vans previous to the mid80s didn't get tachos, even the Japanese
(except for as few upmarket vans; I tested a turbodiesel 84 Toyota
Hiace van with digital dash including bargraph tacho).

>Living without one for the time being, I see
>that the makers were thoughtful enough to include little "shift dots"  by
>some speeds on my speedometer.  Do those shift dots represent red lining?

I believe so. The old Splits had these too.
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Andrew Grebneff
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<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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