[WANTED] Looking for a 1976 A-body A38 police certified speedometer

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Not many Valiants, Dusters or Darts used as Police cars. You might be able to have yours certified. If you have a GPS you can use it to see your speed and compare to speedometer reading to see if your on the money or off. My 74 Duster is about 2 mph high.
 
Oooh thats a rare one. I'm curious if anyone has one ! There is a rectangular "C" body 140 mph speedo ('68-'70? ) that can be trimmed down to fit. Not an exact swap but 140 mph vs 120 mph on the "A" body one. Somewhere there's a Duster, maybe on FABO if it still exists, with this conversion I did back in the 80's. Best of luck in your search !
 
The certified only applied to the calibration of the gearing, not the speedo itself, if memory serves.
Is this for a restoration, or for accuracy needs?

I have a 200 'mph' speedo but I don't think it's certified. I know it's actually a metric speedo but it doesn't have units on it, so it's a 200 mph speedo now.
 
I had one a few years back off a 76 dart 4 door. It wasn't the A38 package, but still certified. I sold it to a member on this site and regret doing so because he was a class A ***.
 
jos51700 said:
I have a 200 'mph' speedo but I don't think it's certified. I know it's actually a metric speedo but it doesn't have units on it, so it's a 200 mph speedo now.
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Yup, that's the export speedometer. Here's a pic of the NOS one I sold on here some years ago—part numbers up at the top might enable you to find another. All it takes is an appropriate speedo drive pinion and it'll indicate MPH.

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ike61 said:
I had one a few years back off a 76 dart 4 door. It wasn't the A38 package, but still certified. I sold it to a member on this site and regret doing so because he was a class A ***.
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The certainly could've been me, but wasn't.
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Yup, that's the export speedometer. Here's a pic of the NOS one I sold on here some years ago—part numbers up at the top might enable you to find another. All it takes is an appropriate speedo drive pinion and it'll indicate MPH.

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That certainly was me. :D
 
For the OP, any speedo shop should be able to make any modifications as well as add the 'certified' lettering, depending on what your goal for the project is.
 
A good friend of mine has 76 4dr Valiant, that I believed originally was owned by a lady who rarely drove it and in incredibly fantastic condition. They are in the process of making it a A38 Clone or Tribute, as that is what they have always wanted and have had no luck actually finding a real one for sale. So they are making one. One of the components they would like to find is the Speedo that says "CERTIFIED". They are attempting to actually locate a real one before settling for having to make one. So I told him I would see if I could help track one down. Thanks
 
I used to have a couple of those, but, I can't remember what happened to them. I kept the torsion bars and rear sway bars, but, the speedos somehow disappeared....
 
cudamark said:
I used to have a couple of those, but, I can't remember what happened to them. I kept the torsion bars and rear sway bars, but, the speedos somehow disappeared....
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OK, Well if you do happen to find one of them, please let me. I would appreciate it. Thanks and have a great day. :)
 
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