mistery speedometer..

[1909schacht]

Hello again, this has me stumpted...looks like a ford speedo but does not have a odometer, in fact it looks to be electric !

any one have an idea as to what it's off of & is it a speedo or tach ?

[keiser31]

Maybe one that goes in the rear passenger compartment for one of them high falutin' cars....no need for an odometer back there in the back seat.

[Guest prs519]

or low-falutin gauge for those whose gas mileage was always a matter of faith rather than physical reality.

[Grandpa]

Perhaps the speedometer is from a 1940s vintage interurban rail car or a similar vintage diesel locomotive. That may explain the painted bezel, the electrical signal drive, the lack of illumination lights, and the lack of an odometer.

Grandpa

[1909schacht]

well it does have a an ilumination panel next to the empty light bulb holder on the side & sorry for the poor quailty photo but the bezel looks to be chromed

Still a mistery, the indacator arrow still looks to be Ford to me. am I wrong ?

[Guest prs519]

Would this perhaps have been used on a taxi? Maybe there were other provisions that kept track of running miles and

time and etc.?, so would not have been necessary to put odometer on speedometer.

[1909schacht]

Could this be from a ford tri power airplane ?