by erik monza » Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:56 pm
Thanks guys
Now my first Monza was a 1975 - 262 4 speed, bought in Ontario Canada, as used in 1977, I cannot make out, what the speedometer read on the picture, but I can make out, that the last 3 lines is 3 digit and that could be 100 - 120 - 130KM, but I can tell that the sweep of the needle, is not as far on the 1976 and newer speedometer. and that would most likely be KM/ hour, and that would be a Joan Claybrook speedometer, with 80 miles limit on the dial.
Why a Joan Claybrook speedometer, with 80 miles limit on the dial. is used in Canada I do not know, as US speedometer laws, should not be in effect in Canada, but if Canada went metric in 1977, they would not have fitted the Canadian models with a metric Europa speedometer, before that time anyway and due to the big neighbour, with miles, they would most likely never fit a Canadian model Without Miles on the small numbers, but I still think the Canadian Speedometer should read 200km on the big dial and 120 miles on the small dial, to look like Canadian speedometers - after Canada went metric in 1977.
My second Monza was a 1978 305 auto bought used in Calgary in 1980 and I do not remember the speedometer and have no pictures showing it, but I remember, that I had a girlfriend asking me, if she could try driving it one time( the only time ), we were on a trip to the mountains, she was going very fast and I looked over, and remember that the speedometer pointer was outside the scale, now that tells me, that the scale must be 130 KM ( like the picture Harry send) as being out side the scale with a 200KM would be a lot faster and yes I am sure that my spyder would do 200km, as it is very streamlined and was running well, but I do not think that you can get the needle past that, with a non modified 305 with a 3 speed auto.
My Monza is a 1976 model with an " for export sticker "under the hood, and it is made in Canada, in the Swedish papers, it was sold as a 1975 model, but being a Monza guy, I knew what a 1975 dash looked like, I was told, that a dealer/importer could change the year of a car, to get a model sold, as it may not comply with new government rules for the next model year, whatever that would have been, but I believe him, as nobody would make a car OLDER, if they did not have to. I was told that it was sold as new in Sweden to lady in a very expensive neighbourhood in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and it was kept inside in a large garage with the other cars this couple had, if the aluminium trim around the windows is original, I believe that it has spend a lot of time inside.
I still wonder why the speedometer - tach. is different as the pointers are not even colour match, to the other pointers, as on Harry´ s and there is a lot of work involved in changing some thing like that for no reason, as the rest of the Swedish Monza - H bodies - the ones I saw, all had 200Km speedometers.
If one of the other owners, wanted to change the speedometer, to cheat with the mileage, where would he get these ones, when all the other cars have matching 200 km ones, so that could not be a reason for the different set of gauges on this only one so far in the world.
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in 77 I had a 1974 Vega GT w auto - from 77 till 79 a1975 Monza 2+2 262 w 4 speed - from 80 till 85 a 1978 Monza Spyder 305 w auto - from 2010 on a1976 Monza 2+2 262 w auto change to 305TPI w 4speed auto (my 4th H body)