Can someone ID this speedometer?

Im gonna run this in my speedster. Bought it off ebay a while back, CHEAP. I'm just curious to what it came from. Eventually I will need to know so I can buy a speedo cable.



Thanks

 

anyone?

 

Its not just Stewart Warner aftermarket?

 

I agree...could be a generic. Unless someone else has a better insight to it.

Jonnie King www.legends.thewwbc.net

 

I doubt a generic speedo would have the fancy bead on the bezel. It is the style of the 28-31 Ford As with the rotating barrel for speed, a mileage meter and a tripmeter. So the era would be pre-32 and likely a bigger car than a Ford. Now comes the search for the dash with a uniquely beaded rim speedo.

 

bump for the morning crew

 

Window open shape makes me think of AF fire engine dash

 

It looks like an after market 20s-30s speedometer.

 

So should a standard speedo cable work?

 

It came on some fancy car from the middle 20s into the 30s. I've never seen a universal speedo with a trip meter and the reset knob. There were so many makes back then that it may be hard to find exactly what it came in. It could be a "Sterns Knight" for all I know.

 

I would agree middle 20's -30's

 

Has a Buick look to it, mid to late teens. Bob

 

What # are on the Back.?
and if you need a Cable NAPA wood be the Place to
go, just have to match the Treads & Size & how long you
want it

just my 3.5 cents

 

Whatever its for, its cool....

 

Ask these guys

http://www.joellevinecompany.com/default.asp

 

1928 Buick, I think the dash panel had its own chrome bezel that went up behind

 

I'm thinking '27 Hudson or Es***, but I am not positive.

 

The case or face part numbers would be of ***istance. It does not receive a "standard" speedometer cable. I wouldn't hook it up until it has been serviced. That unit may have a phenolic fiber first worm gear that needs proper lubrication. Also, the pot-metal frames tend to expand/contract/shift/break over the years. If things are out of alignment or seized, it will ruin itself or the cable in short order.

 

I'll get the #'s next time I'm in the shop.
I doubt that anything is seized inside the gauge. I can flick the gauge with my wrist and get the speedo to roll pretty easily. The roller goes so fast I still don't know what top recorded speed is. I think I saw 80.

 

Shaking the case or turning the magnet shaft at the cable interface?

 

shaking the case. I can spin the shaft easily with my finger tips, but am not able to spin it fast enough to register anything.

 

I have no idea what it comes from but I like it!

 

The magnet shaft free rotation is the better indicator. The speedcup movement simply means that it, as a sub-***embly, is unobstructed.

 

This is close, 1928 Buick