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There is a speedo on bay and the claim is its' a police speedo for early holdens. Looks standard but it is kph and has a trip meter. Is this suitable for FB EK. Here is the number of the item, sorry I can't post links to that place. 330255262957

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Went for $355 Out of my range... good luck to whoever got it. Hope it was a forum member....

Why the hell would you need a kph speedo in a police car in the '60s ?????

Why the hell would you need a kph speedo in a police car in the '60s ?????

Good question Blacky

Can't say I've ever seen or heard of one of these before, it's just an aftermarket gauge put in a holden mount. IMHO Anybody could have put that together whilst building up a custom at some stage........

as soon as i saw it in KMH i figured it was just another ebay scamer out to make a quick buck on the current early holden craze my guess it came out of some pommy sh!t box
a mate did have a HT/HG speedo marked police special but it was MPH and identical to normal other than having police special on it

Seller could have doubled his $355 if he'd mentioned the word NASCO in the sale

Hey just got this PM from Rosco. Putting it up with his permission.
Hi Dave68,
still having a spell from posting, but you might like to warn people that ebay is an excellent place to "invent" a reason for someone's modification.....
To the best of my memory, police vehicles in those years were Studibakers.....and other American vehicles with a bit of grunt - there may have been some divi vans - and yes - to the best of my knowledge, speed was indicated in Australian cars only as mph (British) - I feel the Vanguard had a dual scale also showing km/h, along with European, Japanese and most other "imported" vehicles but can't remember - the British ones also included a line or different colored marker/numeral at the "30" - this was the British suburban speed limit - you will also find this in vehicles from New Zealand.
The first I saw of a Holden with a dual scale was an LJ Torana - around 1972......ish - can't remember if it was preceded by the LC..... too far back......I can't remember whether the mph or km/h was the outer and larger of the two indicated fonts........ someone will know - I'll take a peek next time I come in contact with one..........

I remember in 1974 when crossing the Nullabor (318 miles of dirt road) once we hit the WA border, speed signage was in the current km/h.......
I was told by the locals then that 110 converted to 68 mph - they'll book you if you doing 70.........it must have been almost at the turning point and a topical issue.......

As for an FB or EK with a metric speedo - Australian production is definitely aftermarket/modified.

The only exception, I feel, may be of issue could be related to exports - South Africa or similar - but feel anything still under "Commonwealth" rule would have been imperial......... but, there's a chance.....

In around the 74~75 mark, a couple of options were available to make our speedo's metric - one was to fit a clear sticker on the gauge.
The other was by incorporating a "gear box" which made the multiplication - these were very erratic as the speed error increased considerably at the top end of our scale.......... as I remember - I'm glad I didn't touch mine - not one jot........

As mentioned above - some genius has had a bright flash of light - I can hear the words of his mate already - "yeah, that'd be right - must have been a cop car - that'll be worth a fortune on ebay.........." this stuff needs to be nipped in the bud before our people consider it feasible.......

guess that's a post I wasn't going to do - eh...?
throw it up as your own if you want to cut and paste......
Author: Rosco.

HHHmmm when did decimal conversion come in - 4-5 yrs after the EK - doubt if police would have kept cars for that long, says it's in an FJ housing ??? sort of self explanatory

From memory,

Decimal came into Australia in 1974.

we used to sing it at school -

"in come the dollars and in come the cents,
to replace the pounds, the shillings and the pence,
so be ready folks, when the coins begin to mix,
on the fourteenth of february 1966."

Your right there oldgmh.

Decimel did hit us in "66.

I should have said up above that from memory METRIC came into Australia in 1974.