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04-07-21, 11:57
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About WW2 Speedometers http://jeepdraw.com/correctgauges.html
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04-07-21, 18:57
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An old pic found in my PC, according to the ownner , this is a New Old Stock Late late Ford Instruments panel. Look the front reset knob....
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05-07-21, 00:01
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Original Waltham Speedometer and Repro- comparison
Hi Mariano,
This may be of interest: Side by side comparisons of an original Waltham speedometer and a modern repro. Very close, but a few differences. The numerals on the odometers appear lower in height. Zeros are rounder on the repro. The odometers themselves appear wider too, resulting in the "20" being slightly encroached by the first numeral wheel. This could also be caused by the positioning of the odometer relative to the face. This, however, would be a result of the design of the internal mechanism. The trip odometer is not centered between the "0" and "60" for the same reason. A couple other minor differences but not a concern. Still, a good looking instrument and would do the job well and unlike most 75 year old speedometers- it works! Cheers,
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F15-A 1942 Battery Staff Jacques Reed Last edited by Jacques Reed; 05-07-21 at 01:19.
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05-07-21, 02:21
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Thank you Jacques for your reply.
May be KS was the late speedo install by Ford? Another panel for example found for sale here in Argentina
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05-07-21, 02:40
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Note that the 1, 10 and 20 lines and needle are coated with glow in the dark (and radio active) radium.
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05-07-21, 03:21
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05-07-21, 03:39
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05-07-21, 03:54
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There's stories about war workers, many of them women, who painted radium dials in factories (licking the brushes to 'point' them) only to suffer mouth cancer later in life. I also recall a building in Toronto that did radium war work of some nature that was found to be still excessively radio active well into the 1980's because of the radium paint drips that found their way onto the wooden floors.
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05-07-21, 14:58
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They have left me preoccupied with radiation. I thought that only aeronautical instruments had a radio...
Another example of a Speedo found around here.
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