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Many times carbs that were rebuilt and cleaned up to their brass beauty were posted here, deservedly so.

But, we don't often see the same about our beloved, wore out speedometer that get the same treatment. Here's mine after having the speedometer expert Russ Furstnow repair mine and man it needed it! He had it in ICU and revived it's life! Also got the drive mechanism brought to new. Sorry forgot the pic of it. But this speedo head also came back gorgeous. Trust me it didn't look this good when he got it!! Thanks Russ! Fine job!

Russ does nice work! This past week I installed the Stewart speedometer that he restored for my 1911 touring restoration project. He also restored/fixed the swivel and cable. He told me that the cable was about a foot too long because it was from a 1915? or so T. He shortened it to the correct length. The earliest picture that I have of the car is from 1923, and you can see the too long cable installed then.

Here's a picture of Russ' handiwork after I installed it. A few days ago I tried it out for the first time, and the speed matched pretty well to my GPS watch. It stopped working on the drive. Afterwards I found that the swivel had moved away from the wheel mounted gear. Russ says to really tighten the bolt holding the swivel down, for good reason! I tightened it up after that.

I agree, Russ does fine work. He has done 2 of mine.

Neal that speedo looks great! I gotta get one on my '11 Torpedo! Just really adds to the "ambience"!

Yes it is!
Norm

Tim, Neal and Mark,
Thanks so much for the positive comments. I'm glad you are happy with your speedometers.
Russ Furstnow