Counter Clockwise speedo

'65 Cobra · #1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2006, 05:23 PM

Can somebody please inform me as to what years these were on Cobras?

PROFESSOR FATE · #2 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 12:45 AM

I can't answer your question completely, but I have one on a 1967.

LMH · #3 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 09:30 AM

"Professor Fate"... That's a great movie and a great screen name!!

"Push the button Max"!
(lol)

Larry

PROFESSOR FATE · #4 (**permalink**) 02-24-2006, 02:01 AM

Yup! You're on to me. That's where I got it. I can't tell you how many times I've seen that movie, but I'm still addicted to it. I've even given serious thought to getting "HANNIBAL 8" personnalized plates for the Cobra.

Dan

Thomas Gayer · #5 (**permalink**) 02-24-2006, 03:59 AM

Is a counter clockwise speedo where you put the potato in the back?
(just kidding), Last time i was in Ireland, i rented a stick shift and I can't tell you how many times i slapped the right door panel when i went to change gears. They finally fixed the speedometers, but still have the steering wheel and yellow stripes on the wrong side. I was driving to Galway and my cousin asked if all "yanks" drove that fast. I THOUGHT I was doing 80 kmh.

computerworks · #6 (**permalink**) 02-24-2006, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by '65 Cobra

Can somebody please inform me as to what years these were on Cobras?

Did some digging on this one a while back...

It seems a few of the first Comp cars had standard rotation... the remainder of the Comps and S/Cs had reverse rotation.

It looks like the first production run of street 427s (CSX31xx) had standard speedos....and that CSX32xx and up had reverse ones.

This may not be 100% accurate, but it's close, based on early photos and current cars that appear to have original instrumentation.