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Re: Speedometer

To: "Brad Pace" <britclas@WorldShare.net>, "Gerard Chateauvieux" <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>, "Robert L Marcum" <rlmarcum@citcom.net>, "Spridgets" <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Speedometer
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:41:50 -0800
References: <v03130300b649adfcbef0@[209.24.234.59]>
Brad,

Well this is apparently true in earlier cars. Later cars have the speedo on
the right and I assumed they were always that way, especially since I had
lots of trouble wih the cable with the speedo on the left on my Bugeye.
Early handbooks do show the speedo on the left on a RHD car.

Gerard



At 11:23 AM -0800 11/28/00, Brad Pace wrote:
>   Sorry to contradict you Gerard but BMC publication #AKD 1627F ( MK
>1 Sprite ) dated 1964 shows the speedo for the LHD car to be on the
>L/S of the steering wheel and for the RHD car the speedo is to the R/S
>of the steering wheel.
>
>Brad
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gerard Chateauvieux" <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
>To: "Robert L Marcum" <rlmarcum@citcom.net>; "Spridgets"
><Spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 10:49 AM
>Subject: Re: Speedometer
>
>
>Speedo is on the right in either LHD or RHD cases. If you have it on
>the
>left the cable doesn't line up right and is stressed such that it
>won't
>thread on correctly and may cause the canle to break... don't ask how
>I
>know. There is no angle drive required.
>
>Gerard
>
>At 10:36 AM -0500 11/28/00, Robert L Marcum wrote:
>>Help please, the correct location for the speedometer in a LHD 59
>Bugeye, left
>>or right of steering wheel?  Is there an angle drive which the cable
>connects
>>to?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Bob
>
>
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 E A
  R R        pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com
   A A
    R G          Pixelsmith  on  Duty
     D E
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