May 28, 200915 yr comment_284940 Nice work Jeffrey!Another option is to find a speedo from a Canadian 77/78 (for sure) 280Z. They already have a factory metric speedo face. Canada went metric in 77 'ish, and this spawned the requirement. I have done this swap to my 240. I also have the tach from the same car, so the fonts match. Wouldn't some over-seas Z's have metric gauges as well? Would be nice to get a scan of one of those faces. Next time I have mine out I'll do it.Jim Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/31965-metric-speedo-overlay/?&page=2#findComment-284940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
May 28, 200915 yr Author comment_284970 Jim I had asked around a few times if we had any metric speedo's in Canada. I always got the same "no" response. I did manage to get two speedo's from Australia. One with the same font as my 260z. I'm putting it in very soon.I did this before I found the metric gauges and decided to do a white face as well.Can you get me a picture of your metric speedo? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/31965-metric-speedo-overlay/?&page=2#findComment-284970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
May 29, 200915 yr comment_285013 In my original european 240Z -72 the gauge goes only up to 240 km/h.By the way - I have used CorelDraw in my professional work over 20 years and - IMO - it beats Illustrator... Edited May 29, 200915 yr by Zenioric Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/31965-metric-speedo-overlay/?&page=2#findComment-285013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
May 29, 200915 yr Author comment_285016 Yes the actual metric guages only go up to 240 km/h. The 160 MPH speedo's converted to metric would go to 260 km/h to keep the same sweep. 160mph x 1.6 km/mile= 258 km/hI started out with Corel Draw back in the mid 90's. I loved it. Very intuative to use. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/31965-metric-speedo-overlay/?&page=2#findComment-285016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
May 30, 200915 yr comment_285097 Although this would be a good idea, i'd much rather have the excuse with the cops blaming my speedo difference. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/31965-metric-speedo-overlay/?&page=2#findComment-285097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
May 31, 200915 yr Author comment_285272 "Sorry officer I forgot to multiply by 1.6" only works if you're not going double the posted speed limit. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/31965-metric-speedo-overlay/?&page=2#findComment-285272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 30, 200915 yr comment_288370 you got the rest of the gauges faces? Like the white one Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/31965-metric-speedo-overlay/?&page=2#findComment-288370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
December 11, 20159 yr comment_482689 "Sorry officer I forgot to multiply by 1.6" only works if you're not going double the posted speed limit. NO excuses. Simple fix.... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/31965-metric-speedo-overlay/?&page=2#findComment-482689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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