[DeTomaso] Speedo KPH

[Tom Shinrock]

My euro GTS has a speedometer showing km/hr but I've never seen one that had the red band from from 150 km/hr to 300 km/hr.


I'm assuming this was somehow related to the ridiculous regulations that required US speedometers to top out at 85 mph during the 55 mph speed limit days. My 1980 Honda motorcycle has an 85 mph speedo with a red line at 55.  That said, it doesn't make sense since the km speedo would not have been used on American cars and I'm not aware of any other country that imposed the understated speedos.


I'm guessing no other country's officials really believed that people would not drive faster than what the speedo indicated.


Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
To: Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com>
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Sent: Mon, Nov 2, 2015 4:27 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Speedo KPH


Ed,

Photo didn't come through for me. All non-north America cars came with
kph speedos. Some later cars (GT5-S) had both mph and kph on the same gauge.


Mike

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On Nov 2, 2015, at 14:09, Ed Mendez
<edducati at mac.com> wrote:

>   Never saw one before being from the US....
>

>   I am sure they did not make many of these though?
> 
>   Ed
> 
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   My euro GTS has a speedometer showing km/hr but I've never seen one
   that had the red band from from 150 km/hr to 300 km/hr.
   I'm assuming this was somehow related to the ridiculous regulations
   that required US speedometers to top out at 85 mph during the 55 mph
   speed limit days. My 1980 Honda motorcycle has an 85 mph speedo with a
   red line at 55.  That said, it doesn't make sense since the km speedo
   would not have been used on American cars and I'm not aware of any
   other country that imposed the understated speedos.
   I'm guessing no other country's officials really believed that people
   would not drive faster than what the speedo indicated.
   Tom
   5186
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   To: Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com>
   Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Mon, Nov 2, 2015 4:27 pm
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Speedo KPH
Ed,

Photo didn't come through for me. All non-north America cars came with
kph speedos. Some later cars (GT5-S) had both mph and kph on the same gauge.


Mike

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 2, 2015, at 14:09, Ed Mendez
<[1]edducati at mac.com> wrote:

>   Never saw one before being from the US....
>

>   I am sure they did not make many of these though?
>
>   Ed
>
>
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