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Old 06-17-2011, 09:44 PM
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From Original AC Ace and Cobra by Rinsey Mills, 1990

"Apart from the first one or two cars which used 2.6 Ace 5" main instruments, both the speedometer and rev counter were of 4" diameter, the former being calibrated to 160mph and the latter to 10,000rpm. These dials were manufactured by Smiths, as were all the gauges fitted to cars with COB and COX chassis numbers and US specification cars CSX 2000 to 2200. The exceptions were quite a number of CSX cars fitted with a Rotunda revolution counter manufactured by Faria. From chassis number CSX 2201, US cars were fitted with Stewart Warner gauges as a matter of course, but some earlier CSX cars may have had the Smiths equipment replaced by Stewart Warner items at the Shelby factory (or vise versa by American owner who preferred Smiths instruments)."

So as you can see it can get a bit confusing when you see a CSX car and it has xxx gauges.

Dan,

This is also interesting about the clock on the Stewart Warner gauged cars.

"The lower gauge was an electric clock, which was normally by Smiths but a number of the cars with Stewart Warner equipment used a totally inappropriate clock from the 1962 Ford Galaxie."

"Above the clock were the petrol gauge (left) and the oil pressure gauge (right), reading to 100psi. Above these, from the left, were the ammeter, oil temperature and water temperature gauges."

Short answer to your question: Yes!

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