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| posted on June 9th, 2006 at 10:22 PM |
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Horizontal Speedos
Hey guys,
This isnt concerning VW's but out of curiosity i was wondering what cars had those speedos where the needle was like verticall and slid to the right
when accelerating?
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| posted on June 9th, 2006 at 10:25 PM |
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i seen a merc that had it, some weird shit
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| posted on June 9th, 2006 at 10:39 PM |
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My Borgward Isabella TS had it, it was cool, I used to know a few other cars also, but have forgotten them at the moment
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 01:03 PM |
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My old MG 1300 has one 
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 01:12 PM |
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didnt xm & xp falcons have them too??
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 02:55 PM |
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yup I remember Mercs having them
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 03:37 PM |
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yeah early falcons has something similar not exactly just a horizontal job from memory but its been a long time since ive been in my mates xm
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 04:35 PM |
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fifties chevs as well
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 04:41 PM |
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1978 Ford LTD have them.
It was like a bar that travelled across a strip as the cars speed increased.
It was kinda cool, but if you stopped quick or accelerated fast the speedo lagged behind a couple of seconds.
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 04:48 PM |
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some of the Holdens had them too.... 1963-64
I could never figger out how they worked....
I suppose they did it... because they could.....
no other reason....:P:P:P
and I still don't know how they did it....:P:P:P
they still amaze Me...
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by kombikim
My Borgward Isabella TS had it, it was cool, I used to know a few other cars also, but have forgotten them at the moment
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You had a Borgward Isabella TS ???
a fine German car.... and You sold it..?? :P
I can only remember seeing one in My whole life... :P
to see what they looked like:
http://www.borgward.com/
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 04:57 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by gerbie_rox
Hey guys,
This isnt concerning VW's but out of curiosity i was wondering what cars had those speedos where the needle was like verticall and slid to the right
when accelerating?
Thanx
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Some had like a needle, but with some, the coloured plastic piece just seemed to go from left to right...
continuously....
where did this coloured bit come from?
it never ran out.... even at 100 mph....
was this the ultimate in speedos...???
Lee
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 06:27 PM |
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It was a ribbon (I think they were called ribbon speedos)!
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| posted on June 12th, 2006 at 04:43 PM |
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My 1969 datsun supersix has a red line that just keeps going to the right (solid). Works by simpy rotating a cylinder. not quite the same... but
similar
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| posted on June 12th, 2006 at 06:52 PM |
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Fiats 1100 up to 1500 had them
I trying to covince my Bro to put one in his type 3
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