Short story: I have the attached speedo, I want to sell it but have no idea what year it's out of.

Long story: Back in 1990, my brother had a 1984 Camaro IROC-Z. He bought the attached speedo from someone & wanted to put it in (it's a 140 mph and says "Z28" on it, they told him it would fit. He never got around to installing, then the car got stolen. He kept this for years & recently gave it to me when I bought my 1985 IROC. I put it in my basement and didn't think much of it.

Recently, I decided to go with all aftermarket gauges. After installing, I remembered this speedo & decided to try and sell it. However, when I got it out I realized that its drastically different than the stock IROC gauge - its only 140 mph (not 145), and the trip odometer reset is on the side & not the bottom. I'm guessing it's out of a 2nd gen but I really don't know. Any info?

 

cool find-that speedo was avalible from dealer parts and yours has the earlier '82-84 style tapered pointer instead of the '85-89 stepped pointer.There may be a date of manufacture stamped on the back of the dial.I think the '82 actual pace cars have this speedo.

 

Cool, thanks for the info.

 

IIRC, the above speedo was available from Classic Industries years ago. As noted, the reset is positioned differently and as a consequence required a different gauge cover.

JamesC

 

I noticed that the **** is missing from the end of the trip odometer reset - I imagine finding one of those is pretty much impossible. Kind of a bummer as I think this is pretty cool, but I doubt anyone will want to use it without that and also knowing they have to find the correct cover. Oh well.