Every time I see a speedo head for sale at a swapmeet, the numbers on the odometer are either faded or flaking off.I see you can buy new ones to stick on, but do they stay on and can you put them on straight? Today I tore apart a speedometer from a 74 Monte Carlo and saw that the only difference is the colour(black instead of white numbers) and the gear on the Monte is a worm instead of the straight gear on the 53.As I further examine the 53 speedo head I noticed that I could actually fit the 74 odometer on the top/opposite side of the needle.This placed the odometer numbers above the needle instead of below.I think this is an unnoticable change.My question is ,if the 74 Monte Carlo is odometer can be used in a 53 Chev pick up, what else would fit? I'm guessing any Gm from 77-right back to 47 would work.
Lothar grin