GPS Speedometer

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: GPS Speedometer
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Barker - Dayton, OH on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 06:57 pm:

For those who may be considering a GPS unit to use as a speedometer, I just purchased and installed a Garmin Edge 200 GPS unit. Battery powered, and receives GPS signal to measure speed, distance, time, etc. No wires at all. Took a test drive, and all went fairly well, though there does seem to be a bit of delay with the unit reporting the correct speed. This could be a result of the positioning of the unit, as it's recommended that it should face the sky, and mine is at more of a viewing angle (mounted at the bottom edge of my dash) than facing straight up to the open sky.

I'll post again after more driving with it this weekend.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bud Holzschuh - Panama City, FL on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:05 pm:

Dave

Be careful, most of the smaller units won't indicate over 200 mph. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jon Allen on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:22 pm:

Dave,
I have been using a Garmin Nuvi-40 that I got at my local Target store for under $100. It is held to the dash of my '14 runabout with a suction cup. I put it right above the steering column. In speedometer mode it has a little speedometer on the face.
Of course if I were really wealthy I could have gotten a rebuilt Jones Brass speedometer for about $1200 that is less accurate and takes up a lot more space and is harder to install and get calibrated. But I opted for the cheap way out!
Note that the Garmin Nuvi is a COMPLETELY reversible adaptation that can be removed in the blink of eye. So while it might be a repulsive and obnoxious modern addition to the restoration purist, it is both accurate, cheap and totally reversible.
I just hide it in the turtle deck when I am at a car show.
At one show I left it on the dash by mistake, and some guy was laughing his ass off when he saw it there.
Personally I think Henry Ford would have been totally amazed and fascinated by it...!
Jon


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Will Copeland - Trenton, New Jersey on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 08:36 pm:

I use my I phone, it works great for me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Garnet on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 08:43 pm:

Here's mine, posted a couple years ago:

Garnet


http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/308715.html


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 09:58 pm:


A $20 bike speedometer works for me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith g barrier on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 06:40 am:

If you guys would quit drivin' so fast you wouldn't have to worry about a speedo! :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Garnet on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 08:47 am:

Yeah, but if yer gonna go - why not do it with a big grin on yer mug!

It's an odd feeling for sure when it takes 10 seconds or so for a semi to pass you on the highway. I wonder what they think as they pass a dinky toy with wire wheels, no fenders, no windshield and an idiot smilin' behind the wheel? It's fun to get bug splats on yer face instead of the back of yer head once in a while!

Regards,
Garnet


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Barker - Dayton, OH on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 08:58 am:

Thanks all for chiming in. I've been reading older threads, and have seen the pics posted on the different installations. I had decided that I wanted no additional wires for power or for signal from the wheels, so the Garmin was the choice.

Garnet - I haven't been brave enough to take it on the highway yet, but it's coming...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Manuel, Lafayette, La. on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 10:06 am:

I use my phone occasionally but I've gotten to where I can pretty well tell just by the feel of it--engine noise etc.


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