<VV> 200 MPH - How about a Kilo, Dude?

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/18/2005 9:48:53 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
Corvair@fnader.com writes:

Seller  told me that he realized it was a km/h face, but it "looked great" as 
a 200mph  speedo.

Now I'm torn... I'd like to have it, but hate doing business  with anyone 
like this.

Anyone else have one they'd care to sell? Monza  or Corsa.

Bill Elliott

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:30:00 -0500,  airvair wrote:

>Looks like a kilometer lens on a regular  speedo.



You missed one by a few months. I sold my Kilo-Speedo at the Palm Springs  
Fan Belt toss last fall. It was a complete 1967 assembly, including the "speed  
warning indicator" option. The 67, of course, had the Brake warning lettering 
at  the bottom of the non-speedo side of the instrument panel face. The 
actual,  original, speedometer housing is not just a MPH assembly, because the  
ODOMETER has to be geared to accumulate distance in Kilos instead of miles. The  
actual housing says "Kilo Odo" on it. I may still have that around  somewhere. 
The plastic lens is the real Trick part, since it shows off that your  car can 
go "200" --- maybe!  I have never seen a Kilo - specific Corsa  Lens. The 
Monza one I described above, a friend and I found in a junkyard in  Antwerp 
Belgium in the summer of 1976. I packed it in my luggage for the  return flight!  I 
couldn't figure out how to lug home the Saginaw 4-speed  transaxle, so I 
didn't buy that!!  - Seth