Mickey, I was born in Lubbock and grew up down near the Mexican border (Big Bend Park area), so yes...a Texan, I'd say. Or Texican, some might say.
Sure, there is always a fix for something like that. Once we know about the rear end ratio we can see if the speedometer gear can be made to match it. There were limitations on those gears, however. But that aside some folks sell converters that will let you step up/step down (I should add I'm not a fan of them, but they do work okay). And if everything else fails I've made a GPS "look-alike" for several models of the AD truck which is smooth and accurate. The only negative is you can't have an analog odometer with it...but people who have seen mine so far haven't noticed that. Let me hunt down a link to that post for you. With my truck the T5 transmission I used was set up for electronic speedometer so a cable drive was going to cost more and be costly.
Growing up a friend had a 1956...well his dad who owned the Gulf station had it. We drove it all over the State (even over into Mexico back when that was okay).
Let me find that GPS post for you.
Last edited by Jon G; 04/27/2024 6:47 PM.
