November 24, 200520 yr Speedo #1, the 'corkscrew' ('wraps around' when you hit 120+!): 1948 Tucker (The Greatest Car Ever Built). Speedo #2, the 'pieslice': 1946 Ford HD truck (the 'pieslice's are gear shift indicators). Speedo #3, the 'roller': the only correctly ID'd one: 1966 Olds Toronado Speedo #4, the 'bowl': 1958 Edsel Speedo #5, hi-tech lighting: 1960 Imperial (Electroluminescent lighting) Speedo #6, low-tech lighting: 1954 Ford (used daylight illumination during the day) Speedo #7, Police certified: 1958 DeSoto. Speedo #8, Police certified, I'll take merely the make here (I don't know that there's anything specifically telling about this one, but the answer should prove to be surprising): 1960s Studebaker Speedo #9: 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Speedo #10, the 'horseshoe': 1958 Plymouth Fury Edited November 30, 200520 yr by balthazar
November 24, 200520 yr Author Speedo #2. The 'pieslice'. What make? Edited November 30, 200520 yr by balthazar
November 24, 200520 yr Author #3, 'the roller'. Make & model? Edited November 30, 200520 yr by balthazar
November 24, 200520 yr Author #4; 'the bowl'. Year & make?: Edited November 30, 200520 yr by balthazar
November 24, 200520 yr balthazar, at first I thought you were doing a survey of Speedo swimwear users lol.. Great trivia questions....you have me baffled, I'm going to try a couple.
November 24, 200520 yr Lookie: it 'wraps around' when you hit 120+! What's it from? [post="47885"][/post] Morgan?....odometer is very low....it looks vintage but new.
November 24, 200520 yr #3, 'the roller'. make & model? [post="47953"][/post] At first I want to say Chryco product....Cadillac?
November 24, 200520 yr Author #5, high-tech lighting (how so?), year & make: #6, low-tech lighting (how so?), year & make: Edited November 30, 200520 yr by balthazar
November 25, 200520 yr #5, high-tech lighting (how so?), year & make: #6, low-tech lighting (how so?), year & make: [post="48039"][/post] #5 looks very mid-60s Buicky..... I don't know why it is "high-tech" unless it was something that was high tech in the 60s and now passe' to me today. Chemo-luminescent maybe? #6 looks like it has clear plastic behind the cluster and probably uses some sort of sunlight/mirror setup.... which of course is quite usefull at night.
November 25, 200520 yr Author #7, Police certified, year/make? #8, Police certified, I'll take merely the make here Edited November 30, 200520 yr by balthazar
November 25, 200520 yr Author Oldsmoboi: #5 is NOT Buick, but it IS Electro-Lumenescent lit. #6 IS backlit by daylight, tho it is also electrically lit at night. aaaantoine: #4 is not Studebaker. Wild tho, ain't it? I have always wondered if it 'wraps around' past 120 MPH...
November 25, 200520 yr Author Speedo #10, make & model? Speedo #11, the 'horseshoe', make & model? Edited November 30, 200520 yr by balthazar
November 30, 200520 yr Author Gee, thought I'd get a bunch more guesses, tho I know I skew vintage too much for most here. Well, rather than repost the pics with their IDs and not wanting to just post a list, I have modified my opening post with the answers. Hope some were eye-openers for those that checked this thread (not many would expect a 160-MPH speedo in a Stude (tho Walt might!)).
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