Timbo wrote:
Smiths had a factory in Australia. The dark grey faced speedos that also don't say "Made in UK" and the matching fuel gauges were made in Australia.
Tim
They had a factory in Ferndell Street Granville South. I lived near there and in the '70s had my speedo recalibrated by one of their technicians, who made it accurate at 45mph but a bit out everywhere else against a master clock. He also asked if I wanted the odometer left as was or returned to zero. He was happy for me to watch him test the oil pressure gauge using weights on a hydraulic plate. The gauge was very accurate.
I always wondered where they were. If you go there on streetview, you can see what I assume is a Smiths clock on the wall.
Apparently they were in South Melbourne as well.
