| Author | Message | ||
     Glen Poolen Experienced User Username: wgipps Post Number: 43 Registered: 3-2018 |
Wanted - KmH speedo from - I beleive - a Silver Shadow 2. Similar to image. Thanks  | ||
| Glen Poolen Experienced User Username: wgipps Post Number: 49 Registered: 3-2018 |
Can anyone tell me if this will fit into a Silver Shadow SRH17903 - http://www.apbparts.com/store/p1441/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Spirit_1977-1988_Speedometer_Jaeger_220KPH_UD23051.html?locale=en | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1634 Registered: 4-2009 |
gentlemen, The speedo Glenn is looking for appears to be the rare Australian model that is smaller than the ones that went into cars made for the rest of the world. Here is the speedo.  does anyone know if these were even made in Km/h? | ||
| Jeff McCarthy Grand Master Username: jefmac2003 Post Number: 523 Registered: 5-2007 |
Yes Omar they do exist - mine (1974) is the smaller Australian delivery speedo in KPH. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1635 Registered: 4-2009 |
Great news for Glenn. Thanks Jeff. The market is therefore only Australia to find these speedos - is that right? I have certainly never seen one and I must have physically seen over 200 Shadows in my time. | ||
| Jeff McCarthy Grand Master Username: jefmac2003 Post Number: 524 Registered: 5-2007 |
Yes - our Road Safety jobsworths in the 70s deemed it necessary that the entire speedo be visible to the driver at all times and so these were only made for downunder. The circle cut into the wood on the dash was correspondingly smaller. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1636 Registered: 4-2009 |
this is the same speedo from what i can see. https://www.ebay.ie/itm/SMITHS-Speedometer-SN-6306-100-MPH-4-1-in-Diameter-FREE-Postage-PL1026-/121670870139 https://www.google.ae/search?safe=strict&biw=1821&bih=882&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=nWh2W4rcDojsaKnno4AP&q=smiths+speedometer+km&oq=smiths+speedometer+km&gs_l=img.3...283298.283938.0.285247.3.3.0.0.0.0.201.511.0j2j1.3.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.1.200...0j0i30k1j0i5i30k1.0.aAwvcbT4GqA#imgrc=NVWUzNERWdkoUM: I bet you will find that Rolls Royce just bought speedos from a common UK made car and plonked it in. The closest I think it may be is the Triumph Herald or the series II Jaguar http://owenauto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_7151.jpg | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1994 Registered: 4-2016 |
Omar is spot on. My new washer bottle called a Lucas Screenjet, is exactly the same as a70’s MG, Jag and probably a dozen other Pommy cars. What a shame Aussie delivered cars and their owners never enjoyed a full size, and branded RR Smiths speedo. | ||
| Glen Poolen Frequent User Username: wgipps Post Number: 56 Registered: 3-2018 |
Jeff McCarthy - can you post an image of your speedo please? So - what i am seeing here is that i can transplant another speedo in - a KMH only speedo - from Triumph or Jag. The Aust delivery cars in KMH only werent branded RR but Smiths. Am i reading this right? | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1638 Registered: 4-2009 |
Dear Glen, You have an oddball speedo as far as the world of Rolls-Royces go although seemingly common for the handful of cars that were delivered purposely to Australia. Please remove your speedo and have a look at the way it mounts in your car. Then compare that to all the Smiths speedos that were from the same era. In fact I would simply look for something that fits the hole and then gear up the drive to make the new speedo read correctly. Thanks Omar | ||
| Jeff McCarthy Grand Master Username: jefmac2003 Post Number: 525 Registered: 5-2007 |
Here are some (bad) photos - it's the same Speedo as Omar's first photo above I think. Mine is a late 1974 Australian delivery car SRH20280.   The best local source for second hand parts I've found is New model Wreckers in Smithfield. The photo of the Shadow I in the link has the speedo removed but it appears from their ebay listings to have been a MPH import anyway. They may have KPH one on the shelf somewhere. https://www.newmodelwreckers.com.au/vehicle-search/ They do get in new wrecks for dismantling occasionally. Otherwise it won't hurt to try Bob Chapman in Melbourne or TK motors in the Southern Highlands (or even Ebay) | ||
| Philip Sproston Experienced User Username: phil2025 Post Number: 32 Registered: 7-2006 |
I have a large rebuilt shadow KMH speedo for sale plus many other parts which I'd like to dispose of before they dispose of me. Phil Sproston 0418266631 | ||
| Mark Taxis Prolific User Username: mark_taxis Post Number: 163 Registered: 4-2007 |
try otto instruments in brisbane, they may be able to help |
