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Re: Speedometers

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Speedometers
From: "Frank Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:58:15 PST
Wow - what I type is not exactly what comes out on the Digest!  Hyphens 
and quotation marks do not seem to make it.  My TR3A is a 1959, and the 
KPH speedometer says 740 on the dial.  

------Original Message---------

Jacked up my '59 TR3A (none OD) and turned the drive shaft ten times to 
double check my rear end ratio and sure enough, it's 3.7:1.  (Also have 
a 
spare rear end, which I haven't checked, but was told was 4.1.)  The 
interesting thing is that I have a KPH speedometer ("740") and left hand 
drive.  740 would be about correct for a 3.7 rear end.  PO bought the 
car 
in 1973, and PPO didn't know how it came with the KPH speedo.  Must have 
been imported originally to Canada?  It's fun to drive around with the 
speedo registering 100 or more - just wish the engine was turning a 
little slower!
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Frank
   59 TR3A  TS55223L


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