I was at the local meet at the BP service station on Penlink freeway, Baxter yesterday evening.
Good weather always brings more cars out.....well this '64 Falcon arrived with a modified speedo.
Our '64 to '66 Falcons basically had '63 Comet speedo housing, albeit ours were chromed plastic, whereas the Comets were chromed metal. I have one in my Falcon and it is just a swap over....
This gent's '64 XM Falcon had a modified speedo where an electronic instrument cluster was present. He told me that the original speed was carefully cut and the electronic cluster was inserted. You cant see the joins.
Bruce
https://imgur.com/a/ooX42pY
Comet type speedo electronic upgrade
Comet type speedo electronic upgrade
"I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,..enough with the floods already..."
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,..enough with the floods already..."
Re: Comet type speedo electronic upgrade
Man those wheels sure look light weight for the street!!
The cluster looks good, but I like needles,,, not that I'm a junky,,LOL
The cluster looks good, but I like needles,,, not that I'm a junky,,LOL
Re: Comet type speedo electronic upgrade
Times like this one when Fred throws up a line like that I really miss ole Roy being around here, he would be all over that one. [JMO] !!!SASSY wrote:Man those wheels sure look light weight for the street!!
The cluster looks good, but I like needles,,, not that I'm a junky,,LOL
Re: Comet type speedo electronic upgrade
Those front wheels are not street legal...they are 'for racing only' stamped on the hub....SASSY wrote:Man those wheels sure look light weight for the street!!
The cluster looks good, but I like needles,,, not that I'm a junky,,LOL
Engine was a 408 Windsor ( stroked 351) C4 9" rear end. Willwood brakes. It is going to be in the next publication of Street Machine.
"I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,..enough with the floods already..."
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,..enough with the floods already..."
Re: Comet type speedo electronic upgrade
LOL, I hear him too, ya he got under my skin a few times but I miss him as well.poboyjo65 wrote:Times like this one when Fred throws up a line like that I really miss ole Roy being around here, he would be all over that one. [JMO] !!!SASSY wrote:Man those wheels sure look light weight for the street!!
The cluster looks good, but I like needles,,, not that I'm a junky,,LOL
Fred