Topic: Different style digits odometer?

[66candy]

I'm getting old and I need glasses but I noticed that there are two different style digits used in 65-66 Mustangs odometers. Difficult to explain but when you compare the two different styles you know exactly what I mean  . I took three digits from two different odometers from Ebay pictures:




Did anyone noticed this before? Is it a 65-66 year change over, factory or supllier thing?

[J_Speegle]

Never noticed it before - good catch.  Without any other data I would thing its a supplier thing. But collecting more examples with their dates and vins might point to another answer

[midlife]

All four of my 65/66 odometers are like the ones on the left.

[Brian Conway]

The round style on the left for my May 65 GT.  Brian

[rodster]

Interesting discovery.

I just have to be different.   

65 Dearborn Coupe, April 65.  Square style on the right.

[66candy]

My old 66 Coupe, Dearborn 22th july 66 : round style

66 convertible, San Jose 24th november 65: square style

[fast66]

Metuchen -66, built 30 Nov -65, Square style.
br
Claes

[Pete Bush]

1966 Metuchen "actual" build date June 21st; round style on the left.

[midlife]

All four of my 65/66 odometers are like the ones on the left.

My bad...all four are like the ones on the right, including a Metuchen Jan, 1966 car.  The others are from unknown factories.

[Ivygreen65]

My mid-March 65 Dearborn convertible has the square style numbers.

[mts]

Is there a case from anyone for a round style that isn't quite the same as the ones in the photos by 66candy?  My June '65 Dearborn has round style digits but the "3" is a bit different than those in his photos.  I have 2 photos showing a black and a white "3" digit.  See photobucket pics:

http://s1112.photobucket.com/albums/k489/mts7900/?action=view&current=DSC_1738.jpg

Are the round digits for the GT style odometers different than standard dash panels?

[NEFaurora]

Yeah, I noticed this like over 20 years ago..  From what I could gather,  The square style was used in 1965 -Probably just a different supplier..  I don't ever remember recalling seeing the square style in a 1966 car.. I think the round was used for bothe years 65/66.

Wow, I thought everyone knew about this one..

It sounds like a good poll is in order for this..

Tony K.

[C5ZZ]

Yeah, I noticed this like over 20 years ago..  From what I could gather,  The square style was used in 1965 -Probably just a different supplier..  I don't ever remember recalling seeing the square style in a 1966 car.. I think the round was used for bothe years 65/66.

Wow, I thought everyone knew about this one..

It sounds like a good poll is in order for this..

Tony K.

Tony, I'm like you and have known this for a long time as well.

It's a different supplier and they also won't interchange, the combination
of wheels is a different length. My Oct 64 fastback (Falcon style cluster)
has the rounder style numbers. It seems to be pretty random on
which type you will see on 65/66 Mustangs. In looking in salvage
yards at 60's Fords the early 60's cars all look to have the square
type numbers and in 65/66 both are used then starting in 67 they
all seem to be the round style.