Speedometer Question

Big argument as usual with lots of beer over a silly question- what do you think is the percentage of pre 1975 cars that the speedometer actually works. This includes cars that did not originally come standard with speedometers. out of the collection of 20 cars i am associated ( years 1913-1978- mostly 1920's and up ) there are 3 cars that have working speedometers which is 15%.

Is it the common opinion that the percenatge holds true among the general car community?

How about your car(s)?


as usual the 30 pack of Genny Light and bragging rights are on the line here.

Thanks for any and all opinions


Marty
1915 Model T
1946 Chevy
1952 Ford Mainline
1966 Ford Country Sedan

 

ones that have working speedometers or ones that have speedometers that work accurately?

 

Do you consider it a "working" speedometer if there's wrong size tires and it's off 5mph?


Edit: My point exactly ^^^^^^^^^

 

Doesn't anybody drink real beer anymore?

 

sorry i forgot to list the cars i am associated with and if the speedometers work-

really dont count because of age
1913 speedster,1914 model t

do count-
1915 Modet T-roadster-no
1915 Model T touring-no
1920 davis-no
1922 davis-no
1925 davis-no
1926 Derby-no
1946 chevy-yes
1950 jeepster-no
1953 Hudson-no
1953 Military Jeep-no
1953 Hudson Hornet-no
1955 chevy panel truck-no
1955 chevy fire truck-no
1952 ford- yes
1963 amphicar-no
1963 amphicar-no
1966 ford wagon-yes
1969 jag-no
1977 pacer-no
1978 pacer-yes

 

I have 5 cars and the all have working speedometers,only 1 car is accurate,the others vary from 5 mph to 10 mph off. HRP

 

How do you know?

 

as long as the speedometer is reasonably accurate which means mechanically functions. It can be off 5-10 mph as long as its off 5-10 mph all the time.

and yes---Genny Light is a real beer--and usually there is switch off to Labatts Blue every other time.

 

Good God,Genny Light? Well, at least we know one person who drinks that stuff. It may be fermented, but it's not BEER. 30 GL don't equal one case of real stuff.

At least try Saranac-it's made up that way and is pretty good-there's a nice variety case. Right now, I prefer Yard's-small brewery in Philadelphia.

Ach you posted too fast. Labatt's is almost beer-you need more of an education that speedos, my friend.

 

i guess the main objective is does the general car community focus on other parts of thier car more. Speedometers can really be a pain in the ass

 

My '32 has a speedo that works but it is off by at least 5 mph. My Model A sedan does not have a speedometer. I use the tachometer to gauge how fast I am going. It's pretty accurate, I've only gotten one speeding ticket in it in thirty years of driving it.

 

Your Pacers don't meet the pre-75 criteria, dude.

Your poll is flawed.

 

i have working speedometers in both of my hot rods.....and getting them to read accurately is not hard to do if you have a modern transmission. drive/driven gears are easy to come by for GM th350/400/700 etc

 

The three 32 fords I built all had working speedos. I worked on the speedo gearing to calibrate them accurate, along with the fuel gauges.


Ago

 

GPS and a cigarette lighter. Uhh, power port.

 

busted on my own question but-

i like the watching RPMs idea but tachs are brutal for 6 volt cars.

 

Would those Amphicars be in knots/hour?

 

the Speedo in my 48 reads a bit faster than I'm going,so a friend pulled up next to me on the highway in his 50 Olds,I figured we were doing about 65,kept it steady for a little over 5 miles,so when we got to our destination I asked him "exactly how fast were we going? " He sez about 120

 

I currently have 9 cars, 8 of them older than 75. The Speedometer works in all of them except the Anglia which doesn't have one, but it's OK because the nice person in the timing tower tells me how fast I went every quarter mile.

And the fact that you drink shit beer and have two Pacer's should make all of this irrelevant, you have much deeper seeded problems.

 

.........Classic...........LOL

 

Mine works, but it's off by about 10 MPH. It's a cheap Eqqus brand and I just replaced it 3 days ago. I only really use it for the trip meter because I don't have a gas gauge.

 

I have 8 drivers, all speedos work

 

I found an amazingly easy way to recalibrate a mechanical speedo.

It even passes NC inspections.

If it wasn't in my glass buggy I'd enter it during tech week

 

I hear ya! I don't have a speedometer, but I do have a working accurate gas gauge.... more important.

 

I went a few years without a sppedometer, and found it to be a simple fix. Won't go without a functional one again.
55 Studebaker
59 El camino
59 Ranchero
52 Henry J- have a new in box one for when the time comes

 

I don't need a speedo....my wife tells me when im going too fast.

 

Better fast than half-fast.

 

Every car, every truck, every bike, and even my bicycle, working, and accurate within 2%.

 

mine all work--40 is 3 mph slow at 65--57 fuely is 1 mph fast at 65--last 4 40's were all within 3 mph at 65--chg gears,etc. to get it right then ck with garmin for accuracy