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Tazz Old Skool

1,315 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 10:58 am

#626514

Tazz

1962 Type3 Squareback
1967 Type3 Fastback "Kermit"

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2,147 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 12:02 pm

#626527

This is what a km/mph speedo looks like.

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Tazz Old Skool

1,315 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 12:08 pm

#626529

Yes it is... But was VWoA dealer Ordered. From what i can gather the Sticker on face of MPH Speedo to read KPH, a legal requirement from 1967 in Australia. I would like some more info on this as i have not seens many of these and if it was a legal requirement from 1967 why is there not many around. I have herd it was one of those laws passed and then rejected because of the motor industry.

Tazz

1962 Type3 Squareback
1967 Type3 Fastback "Kermit"

The truth is important. It will set you free

Tazz Old Skool

1,315 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 1:07 pm

#626537

Cost me nothing.... found the pic while searching around for some other speedo info.
Was an interesting read.
Sorry.. it was VW australia that ordered them not US. had a brain fail.

Tazz

1962 Type3 Squareback
1967 Type3 Fastback "Kermit"

The truth is important. It will set you free

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 1:14 pm

#626539

Tass its a sticker you could buy

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

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Grey 57 Old Grey Cruiser

2,937 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 1:17 pm

#626541

Not a sticker. Its a printed cardboard insert. We had one on the speedo on the 64 Beetle that my son was getting around in last year.

Tazz Old Skool

1,315 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 1:20 pm

#626544

Grey 57 wrote:Not a sticker. Its a printed cardboard insert. We had one on the speedo on the 64 Beetle that my son was getting around in last year.

Yeh it dont look like Just a sticker.

Tazz

1962 Type3 Squareback
1967 Type3 Fastback "Kermit"

The truth is important. It will set you free

Grey 57 Old Grey Cruiser

2,937 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 1:26 pm

#626545

I would put in the rarish accessories category. As the speedo would have to have been pulled apart to fit it. Has it got a VDO part number on it?

Tazz Old Skool

1,315 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Jan 2008, 1:49 pm

#626551

I would assume it would have to have a 311 --- --- A for VW australia.

Tazz

1962 Type3 Squareback
1967 Type3 Fastback "Kermit"

The truth is important. It will set you free

warb gimme some butter im on a roll.....

1,983 posts · joined May 2003 · 1 Jan 2008, 2:03 pm

#626553

nice one..

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 1 Jan 2008, 4:46 pm

#626565

or you can pm me and ill sell you one in white thats easier to see on the speedo or i could do black

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avwboy Seriously Crusin Dubber

192 posts · joined May 2005 · 1 Jan 2008, 6:07 pm

#626580

IN2VWS wrote:Also, VW had KM speedos for years for the European market.

like so

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Iwish4aSynchro Wolfsburg Wizard

639 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 1 Jan 2008, 8:43 pm

#626603

So thats why i got flashed(Coppers) following a bunch of Qldlanders in the missus old 61 sardine top, i thought 75 was cruising speed.

Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...

It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose

Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 2 Jan 2008, 9:33 am

#626653

I can remember in the 70's you could get an accessory that was like a tiny little plastic gearbox. You put it between the end of the speedo cable and the gauge & it would make you mph speedo & odometer read in kph. I wish you could still get them, I've seen them for sale in the UK, mostly aimed at the motorbike market and going the other way to make them read mph instead of kph.

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kombikim disfunctionally capable

1,521 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 2 Jan 2008, 9:55 am

#626655

yep, those gearboxes were good, depending on what your mph speedo reads up to. ie not much good on VW speedos, as they only read to 80 or 90,
but they were OK for speedos that read to 120

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VW-VARIANT-L Seriously Crusin Dubber

154 posts · joined Jul 2007 · 2 Jan 2008, 1:00 pm

#626671

I have 2 of these Type 3 speedo KPH stickered gauges, dated 1964 and 1967. All Australian Type 3 until 1972 came stock with MPH speedo's. In 1972 they changed to the black faced gauges with aussie VDO ones also in MPH. You could also get the German made black speedo in KPH.
Tazz, the source for your info re. 1967 changes is from the UK and is incorrect, the stickers were optional aftermarket.

Tazz Old Skool

1,315 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Jan 2008, 1:20 pm

#626672

Yeh i kinda gathered it was a bit of porkpies.
Thanks for all the info guys... i enjoy learning about this stuff...

Tazz

1962 Type3 Squareback
1967 Type3 Fastback "Kermit"

The truth is important. It will set you free