Anybody reproducing old style speedo gears?

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I haven't found any, looks like the only '57- '65 ones available are used? Does anyone happen to know what tooth count/ratios were available?
 
Post a wanted ad you might get a bite!
 
I have not seen a used one go bad yet. What year are you looking for?
 
Actually, I'm thinking about having some made. My son is writing code/programs for 3-D printing (as well as working on getting a 3-D scanner), and starting to play with some different types of plastics, nylon, etc. I've got 3 or 4 in my stash of parts, so I'll give them to him to pattern and see how he does. BTW, do you still have Geord's T/A, Barry?
 
Sadly, no. Lack of work in 2008, so it was sell it or lose the house & shut the registries down.

It moved around a bit, but it ended up in Florida with a guy that used to live in Ketchikan where he was in High School with Geord way back when.

It truly is a small world sometimes........
 
Can your son make sill molding clips I wonder?

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Pretty sure he could, he's getting pretty good at manually copying parts as well. I've got him making a set of reverse lenses for his mom's '64 Barracuda. That was a nice car, especially for Ketchikan. I think I met you back when you had your dart.
 
I have had several Darts, the first one at age 16 was in brown primer, that one or ?
 
Orange? With hood scoops...I remember it being parked at the end of the tunnel across from the Arctic quite often. Probably '86 or '87 I think.
 
Probably was, weren't many running around town back then. I tried for about 6 months to buy James Porter's Challenger, didn't happen though.
 
Great, thanks for that. I would have assumed there were more than 5 different ones, that makes this endeavor a bit easier. Do you know how the ".75 ratio adapter" comes into play? I'm guessing it goes in line with the cable somewhere...
 
I bought a bunch of parts from James one day, he was leaving town. In the pile was a 340 bare block with a '72 partial VIN. I asked him if he knew which car it came from & he mentioned a yellow 1972 Road Runner with custom red stripes that used to park behind the Marine View.

I knew the owner & he lived on my way home so I stopped by.

He was not home, so I explained what was up to his wife & she opened the garage door so I could leave his numbers matching 340 inside.

He called me when I got home to say thanks. :)
 
That's pretty cool. He had a six pack on that car if memory serves. Your brother actually ended up with my orange '72 after I sold it to Tommy White (who brought it up from down south).
 
There was someone else who mentioned that A&A Transmission was looking into reproducing the 65 and earlier speedo gears. My friend has 3.55's and big 15's on his Coronet, needed a 20 something tooth gear. Check with A&A.
 
I just looked at their website, and they don't list any of the old ones. Doesn't mean they aren't working on it though. Brewer's shows them, but they run up to $120, and I'm assuming that depends on availability. All the ratio adapters I've found this evening are male/female threaded, but I suppose they could be installed under the dash, between the speedo and the cable.
 
The orange '72 was sold to Billy Thomas, I had to teach him how do drive a stick in it in the ferry terminal parking lot.

He sold it later on to a guy in the service who took it to the Anchorage area & it was stolen.

I have not heard if it was ever recovered.
 
That's another car I wish I'd kept. Too bad fishing then wasn't as good as it is now. Lewis Zastrow bought my '72 roadrunner, black with white guts, I heard that went to a Shull later on. Still have it's original motor.
 
I bought the black '72 from Lew & enjoyed it for a while.

Starter died, so I got under it to replace it.

I saw a rust patch on the frame under the cowl at the bend, so I have it a poke with a screwdriver.

The screwdriver hit the transmission, that is the only thing that kept my hand from going through the frame.

I looked it over well after that, the frame rails had issues all over. :-(

I parted it out & used the 360 from it in a 1970 Barracuda I bought later.
 
That car sat for a long time before I got it (in '87?) and I didn't have it very long, as I had no storage space. I remember it had a '71 quarter panel on the passenger side, it was probably rotten even then. The 360 Lew put in it came from his '73/4 Roadrunner that his dad wrecked.
 
fshd4it said:
Great, thanks for that. I would have assumed there were more than 5 different ones, that makes this endeavor a bit easier. Do you know how the ".75 ratio adapter" comes into play? I'm guessing it goes in line with the cable somewhere...
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The only ratio adapter I ever saw years ago was near the transmission. I think it fit onto the trans somehow, I guess it went into the trans and then the cable attached somehow? I hope this helps.
 
That's how all the ones I've seen work as well. The part that was confusing me was how the pre-'66 cable would attatch to the adapter...but it looks like a cable with 2 female thread ends was used when a ratio lower than a 21 tooth gear was needed. Could be the same cable as '66-'67?

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