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Default 140 69 camaro speedo

Is this a real one
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Default Re: 140 69 camaro speedo

At first glance, I would say yes just from the position of the 130 MPH hash mark. However, it looks awfully glossy for a factory 1969 speedo.
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Old 06-03-2015, 05:28 PM
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Default Re: 140 69 camaro speedo

my exact thought....i am no expert but the first thing i noticed is how shiney/glossy it is..nearly all i have seen are almost flat in gloss
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Old 06-03-2015, 09:46 PM
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Default Re: 140 69 camaro speedo

What I see is a decal from the 80's.
That was the first 140 speedo reproduction part available. .
Looks as if the vinyl grain is showing as is the semi gloss black color......
Real speedos are tampoed aluminum (silk screen)
Notice the 2 attachment screws.... the metal body behind the aluminum speedo face is pushed through......via someone's attempt to push a little to hard applieing the decal, then over tightening the screws. .

Just my "used car eyes" as a guide.....
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Default Re: 140 69 camaro speedo

Compare with this one. Real as far as I know.

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Default Re: 140 69 camaro speedo

Just take it out and look closely for the decal edges.
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Default Re: 140 69 camaro speedo

The first picture is a reproduction IMO, and Andy's is real'
There are minor differences in the MPH graduations
Compare these two shots below. zero in on the 10 mph and 130 mph long hashmark and take note where in intersects the odometer box. Try laying a paper stright edge on your screen.
Also 30 and 110 in relation to the screws.


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Default Re: 140 69 camaro speedo

In Brent's pic, could the blurriness of the photo be a distortion from being taken through the plastic lense giving the 'grainy' appearance of the gauge where actually its as flat as the others pictured ?
I took two pics of a speedo Behind plastic and one loose.......the face of the black does look distinctly different.......

Looking at all the other info....I'd say Now, Its a Real One.....
Me bad.....
The early reproduction vinyls sure look fuzzy and not flat....
Acrylic lenses are a bit wavey........
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Default Re: 140 69 camaro speedo

Note where the M P H is in relation to the 140 and zero bars, on the real ones it lines up about the mid point (look at the horizontal bar in the H ) , the repro go up much higher on the M P H (almost to the top of the vertical bar on the H ) ...lots of small differences, also not where the 140 bar would intersect the mile indicator in the odometer. The real would intersect at the lower left corner of the "box" and the repros would intersect inside the box nowhere near the corner, more towards the center.

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