Why the reverse speedo was used? Anybody know the history or reason?

[jay bentley]

Originally Posted by marcocsx3121

For what it's worth, the street 427s did not have reversed speedos, and they arrived with the same Ford top loader gearboxes that were installed in the SCs and comp. cars. I'm sure that this clears absolutely nothing up.

Many of the 427 street cars did indeed come with a reverse speedo. I know of several late 3300 street cars that surely did.

Jay