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

[BT SNAKE]

According to RT's research the Reverse speedo must not have been on the AC Aces. So this means
it was on Carroll Shelby's watch. I cannot believe he would not know why his COBRAS were using reverse speedos. He had to ask when he noticed it.
Come on Carroll jump in here and straighten this dilemma out.

Hersh

[A-Snake]

Originally Posted by jay bentley

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

Jay,
Among others, you can add CSX3282 in the 3200 series as having a reverse speedo.

[Jim Maxwell]

CSX 3288 and CSX 3346 as well as many other street 427's that I have photographed have original reverse speedos. I will have to find a 427 with a regular speedo and look to see if it has the extra gear setup described earlier in this thread.

Jim

[Cobra Pack]

289 Cobras prior to CSX 2200 used Smiths 160 speedos as well. These were traditional clockwise speedos.