View Single Post
  #6  
Old January 22nd 05, 10:15 PM
Brian
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Thanks for the clarification.


"Rabbit" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Brian" > wrote in message
> ...
> > The radiator cap looks like an angel or some sort of winged... thing.

>
> That's a Motometer. Early cars didn't have temperature gauges, and the
> Motometer contains a thermometer to give a reading of the coolant
> temperature inside the radiator. Some manufacturers offered them as

options,
> and others were bought aftermarket and added by the car owners, so they
> really don't help much with identification.
>
> Rabbit
>
>



Ads