Re: [FWDLK] Kph speedos - Me too !

[van Hoy <vanhilla@PACIFIER.COM>]

I'm not sure there is a "gear difference;" only a different
face plate.

--Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth,
'73Duster, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Van Humbeeck"
<vincent.vanhumbeeck@WANADOO.FR>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Kph speedos - Me too !


| Speaking of which, I'm looking myself for a KPH speedo to
convert my '58
| Plymouth. If you have any leads or have one for sale,
please email me
| privately. I believe '58 Desoto Diplomat and '58 Dodge
Kingsway could also
| be a source as they have the same dash cluster.
|
| I have two other questions for all of you :
| Where is the gear difference between kph and mph speedos,
before or after
| the speedo cable ?
| Where could I get a new odometer or a kit to repair mine
(numbers are
| chipping away) ?
|
| Thanks.
|
| Vincent Van Humbeeck (France, 120 miles north of Paris)
| '58 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe
|
| -----Message d'origine-----
| De : Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
| [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu]De la part de Owen &
Jo Grigg
| Envoyé : mercredi 22 août 2001 1:47
| À : L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU
| Objet : Re: [FWDLK] Kilometers per hour speedos
|
|
| I suggested Wayne look at South Africa for KPH speedos,
because down here in
| NZ we have a '59 Dodge Custom Royal that has a 220KPH
speedo, this car came
| into NZ  in 1960 from South Africa. Verified by the
ownership and import
| papers. Maybe they were preparing themselves for the
conversion to metric
| ahead of time!
| Owen
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: Mike Sealey <mopar2ya@YAHOO.COM>
| To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU>
| Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 3:25 AM
| Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Kilometers per hour speedos
|
|
| > --- Wayne Graefen <WGraefen@OMNIGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
| >
| > > Anyone on this list in South Africa???  Or other
| > > countries having KPH speedometers.
| >
| > South Africa is no help on two counts:
| >
| > (1) They still used mile speedos until about '70 (if
| > Brendan Milne is reading this he could probably come
| > up with the exact year);
| >
| > (2) The RHD cars appear to have used just one
| > dashboard for all makes. From what I have seen, it
| > appears that all '57-'59s used a reversed '57-'58
| > Dodge dash, while the one pic I've seen of a RHD '60
| > DeSoto looked like it used the Plymouth instrumment
| > cluster.
| >
| > > I would like to find kilometers per hour speedos for
| > > my '57 and '60 Chryslers if possible.
| >
| > There used to be a '57 Windsor in San Francisco with
| > Colombian plates. I'm assuming from the "250" max
| > reading on the speedo that all metric '57 Chryslers
| > used the 300-spec speedo (120 mph = about 200 kph,
| > while 150 mph = about 250 kph)...
| >
| > Good luck, Wayne, it sounds like a worthy goal!
| >
| > (The US supposedly adopted the metric system in the
| > 1870s, but you can't prove it by some of our
| > measurements... ...President Gerald Ford called for
| > real adoption of the metric system as he was leaving
| > office in 1977, but with the exception of soft drink
| > bottles it doesn't seem to have taken hold...)
| >
| > =====
| > Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA
| > '57 Plymouth Sport Suburban
| > '64 Chrysler 300-K 2dr Hardtop
| >
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