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Old 01-29-2020, 04:36 PM
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A friend of mine has a set of Rallye gauges with a Speed minder Speedometer. Somewhere in the past I remember seeing that you could not get the Speed Mider speedo with Rallye gauges, only idiot lights. This set would suggest otherwise unless tampered with. Anybody know?

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Old 01-30-2020, 02:01 AM
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You don't say what year this set is but if you post some decent photos of it, (front and back) I might be able to tell you if it's real or not.

The speed-warning housings are not the same a a regular housing (non-rally gauges) and there are some unique parts on the backside of the gauge cluster that make it work.
I was always under the impression that you had a choice of: regular gauges, rally gauges as an extra cost option and speed-warning (also extra cost) and that came with a little red warning lamp that would light up after you got to just below around 1/4th of a tank of gas. The fuel gauge with the low fuel warning lamp is also different than a normal fuel gauge in a set of non-rally gauges.

It may depend on the year. I have a set of '67 speed warning gauges here and that cluster has the low fuel warning lamp.

I saw a set of '68 GTO rally gauges for sale on ebay (as of last week) which appears to be a combination of 2 sets of gauges. Rally and speed warning combined into one set. I do not believe that those were ever made like that from Pontiac.

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Old 01-30-2020, 10:20 AM
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These were '68 gauges. I'll see if I can get a picture of them next time I visit him. Thank you for the information.

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Here's the set on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-GTO...g/303451589117



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I too added a '68 Speedo-Alert or Speed Monder to a '68 Rally Gauge Cluster. Easy peasy


Also CAREFULLY added Low-Fuel warning to the RALLY Gas gauge( dont try it unless tou like a hobo result)

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Old 01-31-2020, 04:06 PM
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Just FYI Photos of the set above is missing the copper ground claw on the back of the speedometer. Without the ground the speed warning feature would never work.

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Shot of my 68 Cluster, for fun...and reminder of the 68 Gauge color. Gauges above are a bit dark leading to 69 color.
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Those are really cool!

I like how both of you have it set for 90+ Mph

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