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[minimissions]

Hi all just wondering if anyone had any pics or ideas on what the gauge should look like in a 64 Austin mini just so I can see if mine is right for the car 😄
Thanks

[dklawson]

A standard Mini in '64 would have had a 90 MPH speedo, Cooper and -S had higher scales.  They were black faced (unlike cars a couple of years older).  The center disk of the gauge face will have concentric thin "rings" painted on it.  There will be lights for high-beam and ignition at the bottom of the gauge.  There will be a "dummy" jewel made of black plastic installed at the top of the gauge where later cars will have a green turn signal jewel.  (In '64 the turn signal indicator was on the end of the signal stalk).

 

Cars before September of '64 will have the old style fuel gauge with a narrow needle.  The back of these speedometers does NOT have provisions to mount the voltage stabilizer. For cars made after September '64 the later fuel gauge with the wide needle is used and the top, back of the speedometer has a horizontal strip of metal onto which the voltage stabilizer is secured with a single screw.

 

The front bezel on the gauge will be sharply angled unlike the later cars that have a rounded front bezel (see pic below).

 

Mk1 Cooper Speedo Picture Below (before September '64).

[dklawson]

Footnote:

I should have mentioned that when you are determining which speedometer is right for your car, there are more things to consider beyond appearance and cosmetics.  Near the odometer window on the gauge face will be a 3 or 4 digit number that is clearly not a serial number or model number.  That is the "turns per mile" (TPM) number.  It indicates how many speedometer cable revolutions will move the odometer 1 mile.  Different wheel/tire sizes and gearbox final drive ratios determine what speedometer is right for your car.  I believe GuessWorks has several online utilities that will help you determine what your car has and in turn... what speedometer TPM you need.

[minimissions]

Wow thanks for confirming all that to me really didn't think that there was that much test was different about them but the ones I have been looking is confirmed that I need to source one.. Thanks for that :)

[Guess-Works.com]

If everything is stock, ie you're running on 10's, you have a 3.4 final drive and the speedo drives in the gearbox are a 6/17 ratio then you need a 1280 tpm speedo ( re the number which Doug spoke of ). To add this is the most common of speedometers so should not be difficult to find, also the scale of the speedo is not too important as most are 1280tpm, including those fitted to the cooper S