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Evert Tersiqo
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Joined: January 03, 2005
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Location: Surabaya Indonesia
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 Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:33 pm Post subject: Australian Speedometer |
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Hello guys...
Please I need the info for these Australian Speedometer I have, is it any special spec for Australian Speedo ?
Thx
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AUSpenguin
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Joined: March 02, 2015
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Location: Washington D.C.
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 11:32 am Post subject: Re: Australian Speedometer |
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Hi, Not sure what you are after exactly but I will give it a go. They were made in Australia for VDO as there was a specified % of Australian content required. From what I can see and what I remember, yours is a 1967 speedo, made in August. Make sense?
Its in MPH as Australia didn't go to metric until about 1974 (I was very small - so forgive me if the dates are wrong, I just know I learnt imperial then metric). |
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NASkeet
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Location: South Benfleet, Essex, UK
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Australian Speedometer |
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| Evert Tersiqo wrote: |
Hello guys...
Please I need the info for these Australian Speedometer I have, is it any special spec for Australian Speedo ?
Thx
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Recalling that Indonesia was the Dutch East Indies until after the end of the Second World War, I imagine that present-day road speed limits would be quoted in kilometres per hour, so you would probably be better served by a VW Beetle speedometer of European specification, of similar vintage to that of your car. The other alternative would be to have a speedomter of later vintage with a dual scale for both kilometres per hour and miles per hour.
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