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Speedo Conversion
tothemaxx - February 28th, 2014 at 12:11 PM

Hi,

Is there any one in Australia that can do speedo resto and conversion? Mine is in MPH and I'm really sick of converting it in my head. I know in USA they have North Hollywood Speedo that does it but I don't want to send it overseas. Any help would be recommended. Thanks

Pat

barls - February 28th, 2014 at 02:40 PM

Grumble still has some of the sticker he got made up I think

1303Steve - February 28th, 2014 at 04:17 PM

Hi

I'm using a Polaris HUD in my bug, works great

http://mypolaris.com.au/hud/index6.html 

Or you could look on eBay for a metric speedo.

Steve

Yogie - February 28th, 2014 at 04:47 PM

Search is your friend
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=104220&page=1#pid976434 
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=101697&page=1#pid952385 

Yogie

grumble - February 28th, 2014 at 05:07 PM

Try Namiiss in Newcastle they repaired a lot of speedos for me when i was in the trade and also serviced a few gauges of various types.

vlad01 - February 28th, 2014 at 05:26 PM

you can't find a Km/h speedo?

I just went and bought a NOS Km/h and sold my old MPH one.

mackaymanx - February 28th, 2014 at 05:38 PM

http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xvw+typ...


If you want a genuine kph one.

restonubie - February 28th, 2014 at 07:08 PM

Pat
These blokes in Brisbane serviced the speedo for my 72 Ghia however its still a MPH speedo.
http://www.ottoinstruments.com.au' 

You can always have a look at
http://www.vintagecarparts.de  for NOS and used KPH speedos

and you can also check out eBay Deutschland and search for Karmann Ghia Tacho.
http://www.ebay.de 

tothemaxx - February 28th, 2014 at 09:11 PM

Thanks for the response guys. My Kg is a 1967 so it's different to the earlier KG one. Plus mine has the meddle painted red to match all of the other tachometer so I have to keep it the same but in Kmph so it doesn't look funny. I don't want to go aftermarket cos I still would like the classic look. I will try the contacts you guys gave. Thanks

psimitar - March 3rd, 2014 at 06:35 PM

I've just finished swapping the odometer gears from a KPH into an early MPH speedo. I've nearly finished the screen print for the speedo face to read in KPH too.

BTW the early brass gears and later plastic gears mount differently so some modding to the MPH housing was necessary but works a treat :)

psimitar - March 3rd, 2014 at 06:40 PM

Oh, if you don't care about the odometer being correct then a re-printed face should be pretty simple :)

hulbyw - March 3rd, 2014 at 08:19 PM

Where are you? I reckon Ringwood Speedometers in Melbourne would be worth a call