My 67 2000 #588 has a silver dot in the speedo, black in the tach. Never
noticed
that before. I know that I had some work done to one of the gauges a few years
back that involved the use of some parts out of a 1600, so maybe that is were
the
silver dot came from, or maybe the black one. It's too late at night to crawl
under the dash to check numbers, but next time I'm there...
Greg Burrows
JRDMF@aol.com wrote:
> Hey Gerardo:
>
> The "black dot" Vs the "silver dot" that Kanto Seiki put on the Tach and the
> Speedo for the 67.5 2000 and the 67.5 1600 happened at about the middle of
> the production runs on both cars. I believe it was another late addition to
> the DOT mandate regarding removal of all shiny surfaces in the cabin. The
> latest 2 liter car that I have seen so far without the black dot is Andrew
> Murphy's car #00489. Take a look at the original gauge that you took out of
> the car and on the back you will see a 5 digit "serial number." This number
> actually corresponds to the date that the gauge and the car were made. I.E.
> serial number 19047 would be for a car that was produced on the 19th of April
> 1967. We haven't narrowed it down to the exact serial number transition yet,
> but we know car #00489 came without the dot and we know that 6 days later
> they started adding it. How many cars that were made in those 6 days we don't
> know, but at least we can say with confidence that if you have a high serial
> number car you should have the black dot and of course cars that are below
> #00489 should be silver.
>
> It has taken us a couple of years and a couple dozen sets of instruments to
> narrow this down and I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who
> has a 2 liter car in the serial number range of #00490 through 00550 to see
> just when they committed to the change. (I know, get a life.....but it is
> pretty cool to put some some order to at least one area of these cars.)
>
> Jon
> Huntington Beach, Ca
> 67.5 2000
> 67.5 1600
>
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