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Danny
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I never really noticed this before until I recently bid on one on ebay but can someone tell me why the last 2 numbers (110 and 120) on the face of the 1956 Ford speedometer are "reversed". Danny 
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Moz
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just makes it easier to read i guess
 moz. geelong victoria australia. graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover
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55Birdman
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Moz you win the prize. That is correct. But also because the speedometer is round and people have difficulty reading upside down.
 55Birdman  Hickory NC
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Cactus
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I think that if it was like my two barrel 272 original car, it was designed to make you think that you could actually get the needle there. Never happened.
  Jan Urbanczyk Major USMC Ret. Bowie Maryland
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Joe 5bird7
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I assume it's to make it easier to read also, but always baffled by the fact that the 10 mph marking are not reversed----go figure. On my 57 T-bird the last two markings (130 and 140) are similarly reversed.
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Moz
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hey earl what did i win, a holiday i could use one of those, a new car a years supply of beer.
moz. geelong victoria australia. graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover
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55Birdman
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Moz, You get to quit work at 5 pm for the rest of the week. Thats pretty cool.
55Birdman Hickory NC
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aussiebill
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Moz (5/19/2010)
hey earl what did i win, a holiday i could use one of those, a new car a years supply of beer.Moz, you get to choose! 1, add a feather to your cap as a genius! or 2, receive a 20lb tin of buffing compound? 
 AussieBill YYYY Forever Y Block YYYY Down Under, Australia
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crenwelge
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Cactus, I still have a ticket I got for 120 in a 30 in 1965 to prove that they would get there. It cost me a whole $10. But that was lots of money in 1965.
Kenneth
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Cactus
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Kenneth, I think that you guys have hills down there to help. I grew up in Panhandle where the nearest hill was probably 200 miles away, so i was at a disadvantage. I also had a constant 20 to 20 MPH wind to contend with. Plus my old junk was so worn out that when I got up to speed it wandered around the highway so bad I could not look at the speedometer.
Jan Urbanczyk Major USMC Ret. Bowie Maryland
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