Cars have always been central to my life. To the point in fact where I often find myself making automotive analogies. For most of my life I have restored and wrenched on air-cooled Volkswagens and during that time I have collected boxes and boxes of old parts. One part caught my eye the other day, the speedometer from a 1969 Volkswagen Type-1. It’s a simple gauge which offered just the basics: speed, a low oil light, and a faulty generator indicator. In 1969, that gauge and a