'48 Plymouth with '48 Chrysler....

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I saw a topic where someone was asking if a Plymouth would take a Desoto speedometer....Now I can't find it....Anyhow.....Many moons ago, back in '73, I bought a '48 Plymouth Coupe....he was running a tach hanging on the steering column as the speedometer shaft was broken....I went to the local junkyard and asked about a '48 speedometer.....He didn't have a Plymouth, but he did have a '48 Chrysler that he said might fit.....it was dirt cheap, so I took it out and took it home.....physically, they were the exact same outside dimensions......but....the Chrysler went up to 120 MPH and it had a trip odometer....all good.....I didn't have to change a thing, just switch....I put 25000 miles on that car and last Summer, I willed it to my 32 year old Grandson when I ran out of room......When he and his one year older sister were little and we had to go somewhere, the question always was, 'which car should we take?'....the answer was always, 'take the old car, because it runs faster'.....120 MPH speedometer V.S.  85 MPH speedometer in the Crown Vic....anyhow, check it out.....I'll bet year for year, it'll swap.....good luck......