Speedometers... Vote For One (or Two)

[Fleet 500]

Time for another poll.

Since I own 4 cars, let's compare speedometers.

Here are photos of the speedos from my 4 cars... from the newest to the oldest.

Vote for the one you like best, or for two if desired.

1995 Lincoln Town Car


1976 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine


1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham


1966 Plymouth Fury VIP

[G35COUPE]

But I like the steering wheel of the 66 Plymouth Fury VIP.

[f6fhellcat13]

The Lincoln's seems to be the best set up and most informative, but aesthetically (read: lashings of chrome, and not a strip-speedometer) the Plymouth wins by a mile.

[switters78]

For me, the Plymouth has more style by a mile!

[DesmoRob]

I love lincoln towncars. They are a wicked ride and they last forever. I had a newer one in my sights before I pulled the trigger on the mercedes. National pride kind of took over I guess.

[Matra et Alpine]

THe 66 for me ... but I'#d kinda hoped you'd have one of the linear speedos in one of the cars FLeet

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

THe 66 for me ... but I'#d kinda hoped you'd have one of the linear speedos in one of the cars FLeet

Yes, one of those would be nice, too. The linear type. The early-'60s Chrysler Imperials had a "ribbon" speedo which is probably similar.

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13

The Lincoln's seems to be the best set up and most informative, but aesthetically (read: lashings of chrome, and not a strip-speedometer) the Plymouth wins by a mile.

I thought it would take some getting used to... a digital speedo, but it didn't. It got very familiar after just a few days. I do like the large mph numbers on it.

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by switters78

For me, the Plymouth has more style by a mile!

It is my favorite of the group. My two picks are that and the '69 Fleetwood.

The speedo reading up to 120 mph looks better than the one in the limo which only goes up to 100 mph.
But it got worse after 1976... in '77, it was an 85 mph speedo!

[johnnynumfiv]

I hate sweeper speedos. Thank god GM put round gauges in SS's(minus the nova I think). Digital tachs distract me to much because they change so much. Hence why my vote went for the fury, closest thing to a round gauge.

[coolieman1220]

had to go with the 95' lincoln. i remember as a young boy, my uncle had one and i used to sit in the middle of the front bench and tell him do a 100! and he used to put the speedo in KMH instead of MPH

[wwgkd]

My grandmother has an early 90s towncar. Extremely comfortable for long trips, but one of the most boring cars I've ever driven. Her old continental was pretty awesome, though.

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by coolieman1220

had to go with the 95' lincoln. i remember as a young boy, my uncle had one and i used to sit in the middle of the front bench and tell him do a 100! and he used to put the speedo in KMH instead of MPH

I never thought of doing that with mine! There is that same choice on mine. IT would be amusing to take it up to something like 120 (KPH)!

[Fleet 500]

Originally Posted by wwgkd

My grandmother has an early 90s towncar. Extremely comfortable for long trips, but one of the most boring cars I've ever driven. Her old continental was pretty awesome, though.

Yeah, they are comfortable, have a very roomy luggage compartment and get good fuel mileage for their size and weight, but they aren't exciting to drive.

The 4.6 L engine lacks low-end torque and the engine doesn't have the sound or feel of past Lincoln engines, like the 430 or 460.

When I was shopping for a Town Car, I did see an ad for a '78 Burgandy one. But I wanted a TC that would give me about 20 mpg and a '78 won't do that! Too bad, that '78 looked like it was in really good condition.

[henk4]

they all look very cheap to me. The 1976 Cad dash reminds me of my 1979 Renault 4 (although the scale went to 120 km). I think taking out the meter section does not do proper justice to the dashes of these behemoths. I saw (and shoot) a couple of slightly older cars the other day at the Carmel concours and those dashes looked much impressive. I'll post some shots later, after we are done with the reports and the selection of shots for the mainpage.
In general I think nothing beats a nice selection of circular instruments.