kph in a 240Z?

[driftmunky]

did datsun 240Z's speedo ever come in kilometers?

or were thry all mph?

[260z]

Hello,

I had a 240z with kph meter. I think that all z's in Finland and some other european countries had kph meters.

[HS30-H]

All European markets other than UK had Kph speedos, as did the Japanese "Home" market.

There are several different models of speedo in the Kph series ( some of them go to higher speeds than others ) depending on what model they were fitted to.

Alan T.

[boholio]

I've got one too.

[dohc]

Yeah, the Aussie ones are in Kph but the earliest (240 and early 260's) actually don't have a zero. Makes it difficult to do 5 or 10 kph around school grounds etc!

BTW I've got a 240Z style speedo, amp/fuel and temp/oil guages that I'm looking to sell if anyone is interested...

Cheers,

R.

[LEE240ZPERTH]

DOHC

Is it possible that you have a Jap import?

Aussie cars are mph, my current car is a an early 240 and as you state early cars start at 20 but this is definately 20mph.

Lee

[Z Kid]

My 73 240 Z has a speedo in mph and its an aussie one

[dohc]

Hmmmmm.... The car that this speedo is out of is one of the very first 260z's into the country (well a low production number anyway) and according to the literature should be running all 240z instruments.

Comparing it to the other 260z that I've got the dials are definately different (except the tacho I think) and does start at 20kpm.... The newer 260z has a zero and has different font on the dials along with a volt meter in the middle of the three clustered on the left.

Anyone have any ideas as to why this is in kph yet the other guys are in mph? Was there a brief swap over period or something where they were in km's but still had no zero?

Cheers,

R.

[Alfadog]

My '71 has a mph tacho although I wouldn't bet on it's originality...

[Mike]

Is it possible that you have a Jap import?

Aussie cars are mph, my current car is a an early 240 and as you state early cars start at 20 but this is definately 20mph.

Don't forget that Australia converted from Standard to Metric around 1960-1970 (?) . I don't know the exact time. Someone will need to confirm.

But, maybe the first series of Z's were in mph because of this?

[m]

[dohc]

I thought Aus converted to kph in around '66-68? Not too sure though. My Valiant from 63 was in miles, as was a '67 Bellett I had, so it must have been after that. I was sure it was before 1969 though?

R.

[Zedrally]

69/70 I think was the changeover. Vaguely remember it in high school [anyone remember changing from LSD to $?, or have I given away my age?].

Anyway my 73 240 was in mph, I changed it over to kph. I thought it was odd as my first car[V6 capri] had both calibration, mph on the outside & kph inside.