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I was curiuos I have a 1987 irco z28 with a 5.7, It has a 160 mph speedo. I have never seen one in any other iroc. Is this something to be proud of??????
It was stock with s gm sticker over the back of the unit its self, this was a candian iroc. and it doesn't have an overlay on it. no pics get some later. I have researched as much about this as I could have.
I once sold a 240K Canadian speedo cluster (140 American), IIRC, but i've never seen or heard of a 160 in a Camaro. You might put this on the History board.
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this a 260 k/ph speedo , Like I thought no on believes it is real, but I have not found any evidence to tell me it is authentic or not. so I will cherish what I have.
this a 260 k/ph speedo , Like I thought no on believes it is real, but I have not found any evidence to tell me it is authentic or not. so I will cherish what I have.
I doubt that the speedo is rare (I found one in the middle of Kansas after all--but maybe THAT's rare). Check with the north of the border guys, if you're really interested. Good luck.
Would love to see any pix you have. I have stripped a few of these cars, never heard or seen anything like it. Definately start with the history section, if this thing was put out from the factory, someone on this board knows abbout it.
The speedo is a 160 mph white letter on outside and lite blue 260 k/ph on inner. the car was built in norwood but has a canadian sticker in the dirviers door.form thier dept of transportation. did a background check on the car and it was never owned in canada, just one onwer besides me in the u.s.
this speedo is as factory as it gets. I bought the car in 1991 off of a mother that purchased brand new after her divorce in 1997. and she was not a car freak she thought it was cute exact words. I have doubt it was stock also. but there is no way she did anything to it. like I said she was car savy at all. She drove it from dayton ohio to cincinnati ohio every other day . when I bought it it had barely 17,000 miles on it. Only thing that was wrong was where she had drivin over a parking curb and screwed up the pass side ground effect. This is A 1987 5.7 Iroc with t tops. has anyone eveer seen a 1987 5.7 liter with t tops I had heard that this was a special order car you could only get from canada in 87. you had to wait till 88 to get the 5.7 with t tops
I bought mine from Corvette Clinic as described in the e-bay add above in 1983 for my DT500. Other speedo shops still do the conversions. 1983 Trans Am not Camaro.
I had heard that this was a special order car you could only get from canada in 87. you had to wait till 88 to get the 5.7 with t tops
Thats not true, there are plenty of 87 350 cars with t-tops out there.
Doesnt really matter if it looks stock, or if the original owner isnt car savvy or doesnt care, all kinds of things happen during the life of a car. The dealer could have swapped it out when they got it in.\
well id just say be happy with what ya got, mines still the 85mph one and it drives me crazy lol. The question is can the car even do 160? is there not a governer on it?
