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Re: GPS as a speedometer

To: Jones Barton <jones_barton@msn.com>
Subject: Re: GPS as a speedometer
From: Robert Keen <rekeen@mtu.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:23:49 -0400 (EDT)
In Argentina three years ago I took a 150-mile trip
in a rattletrap pickup.  The speedometer didn't work,
but the GPS seemed to work fine.  It read out in kph,
and I think the display showed tenths of a kph.
HTH.
--Bob Keen
68 1600 (with a working speedometer, thank goodness.)
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Jones Barton wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> My speedometer is not working, I believe it to be something with the
> connection to the transmission.  My thought is I would have to work on this
> when the engine/transmission is pulled.  As I hope this won't be for sometime,
> I was pondering using a GPS mounted on the dash as a speedometer.  Has anyone
> done this?  Is the theory sound? Opinion as always are welcome.
>
> Jones Barton
> Steilacoom WA
> 1969 1600




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