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Originally Posted by MaSnaka
I was at a car show last weekend and was asked by a guy "why the reverse speedo" and I was dumbfounded for an answer. He just thought that was the coolest thing. Some reasons come to mind like are they that way in all right hand drive cars? Or just AC Cobras? A box of misc. gauges and that is just what was used? Anybody know for sure?
Thanks,
John
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Dont believe everything you read.
The truth about the reverse speedo reading on Smiths gauges is as follows....
Graham Benjamin Smith the founder of Smiths instruments was an Australian,
when he first started manufacturing speedos in Australia back in the early 1900s he found there was a bigger market overseas.
By the time he sent all his tooling to the UK and spent his life savings on the move, he found out that the speedo showed in reverse.
Just like when you flush a toilet in the northern hemisphere the water swirls and drains in the opposite direction to the southern hemisphere !
The truth !
Soul.