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MG TD TF 1500 - Speedo face in kilometres per hour

Hi,
Can anyone help me to find a speedo face in kilometres per hour like the picture ? I am looking for to fit on my 1953 mg td on the french road use.

Roussel Didier

They are very rare - the factory sold few cars with KPM instruments, early flat-face or later dished.

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

My car has a metric speedo as well. I refurbished it and added a new English system (MPH) decal because I was unable to source a metric decal. The speed readout is of course correct in MPH, but the odometer still registers in kilometers. I added a small "km" to the gauge face as a reminder.

Corey Pedersen 1951 TD #7169

Bonjour Didier,

The best person to contact is John Marks at Vintage Restorations in England, here is his contact information.

http://www.mg-cars.org.uk/vr/



John

J Scragg

Bonjour John,
Thank you for the contact. I have just send him an email.

Corey,
I hope that I could find a metric decal ...
Roussel Didier

Here is a KM. speedometer. According to the sticker on the back it was restored by West Valley Instruments. I do not know if the speedo started out as a mph speedometer. I am considering removing the face and having it copied on some printable decal material.
Cheers, Hugh

H.D. Pite

This weekend I was at a Dutch MG parts show and there was a Dutchman that could supply the flat metric decal.

I'll try to find out who it was.....
Willem van der Veer

The 53 had a dish speedo in it.
Tom Maine

Hugh, if you decide to copy the face on printable decal materiel, I would be interested.
Willem, if you find the information I'm interested.
Roussel Didier

Corey,
I was unaware that you could have a speedo that registers MPH, and in the same instrument, an odometer that registers KM

SPW
STEVE WINCZE

Steve,

Isn't that just a matter of scaling the dail?
Just print 100 km/h near the 60 mph mark (etc.)
Willem van der Veer

Steve, the speedo needle moves through its full range with the speed of the car regardless of the face decal. You can install a face for any measurement units (feet per second, miles per hour, kilometers per hour) - all that is necessary is to match the decal to the needle movement. The odometer however must have a changeable gear drive, which enabled the factory to build two versions of the gauge, i.e., MPH and KPH. Had I chosen to have the unit rebuilt, I assume I could have had the rebuilder modify it to calibrate the odometer for MPH usage.
Corey Pedersen 1951 TD #7169

Corey,
Thanks,,, i guess I just didn't think it through!!!

SPW
STEVE WINCZE

Didier,

I finally found the Dutch clock repairer that should have decals in KPH.

His name is Aad Warmerdam: he can be reached on warme228 (at) planet (dot) nl
Willem van der Veer

Thank you Willem for the information. Good effort memory ...
Roussel Didier

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