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speedo is half mph and half kilometers?

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Old Aug 11, 2002 | 10:46 PM
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speedo is half mph and half kilometers?

this pisses me off. are all 84 z28's like this? the speedo only goes to 85 then it switches over to kilometers on the other side. like half of my circle is mph, and half is km. and they both use different sides of the needle. is this weird or normal?
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Old Aug 11, 2002 | 11:07 PM
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mines like that.
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Old Aug 12, 2002 | 12:25 AM
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that was the speedometer from 82-84 in the camaro.

all models except the 84 berlinetta
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Old Aug 12, 2002 | 10:00 PM
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I have one of those too - it just confuses me so I never look at it.
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 12:26 AM
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lol yup i hated it, it's been changed to a newer one now, my speedo now goes up to 140

http://www.geocities.com/contendersean/55.html
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