North Hollywood Speedometer & Clock

Another great experience with these folks. This time I had them rebuild my 1971 Honda Z600 speedo, because the odometer had stopped working a few weeks ago. Turn around time was less than a week. Very happy.

I’m spoiled because I live close to north Hollywood speedometer. I needed a new speedometer cable for my 1960 Dodge. I was in and out of there in 15 minutes and the price was very reasonable. The quality of the work they do is outstanding!

I had all of my instruments restored here for a ’69 Datsun Roadster a couple of years ago. They replaced the cheap plastic lens’ with glass, and converted the clock’s internals to a more reliable movement. They all still look and work great — highly recommended shop — friendly and competent staff!

I had heard good things about this business. A while ago my husband had a mechanical speedometer for an old car that the odometer wasn’t working on. I gave them a call to ask about how to send my gauge to them for repair, and what the approximate cost might be. I initially spoke with a man who seemed pleasant, but wasn’t that helpful. I was transferred to a woman (whose name I do not recall, but was in a position of authority) who was very abrupt, rude and did not seem to want my business. The one star rating is because of this extremely mean and confrontational woman over the phone. I was so put off that I did not use their services. Instead, I found a speedometer repair shop in Palo Alto, CA I was very satisfied with and who repaired my gauge with drama. I would recommend you seek out this other company too.

I was a gray market importer in the 70’s and 80’s and NH Speedo replaced the euro faces, did all the recalibrations, changed gears, etc. quickly and reasonably. I probably used them 3 or 4 times a month and was really happy. They did the speedos out of Lambo’s, MBZ, BMWs, Porsches. Looked and worked as original afterward. Perfect!

I’ve used their services many times with much happy success. I only put vintage Stewart Warner gauges in my hot rods. Usually these 50 – 60 year old gauges need some help, stuff I can’t do I leave up to NH Speedo Service. They really haven’t done anything to extensive for me, but it’s their friendliness and fast service is what I’ve appreciated most. Cleaning up ratty gauges and making sure they work before I put them in the car is important to me. Answering questions is another, and these guys are happy to answer any of my sometime trivial questions.

This place is great. They’ve been here for many moons doing excellent work. Shop doesn’t look too impressive but they can do amazing things with gauges. Some of their custom conversions on old gauges seem impossible. A few jobs they’ve done for me seem a little pricey, but reasonable considering this service is pretty much not available anywhere else (and it always looks great). They’re also one of the only places around to get a car checked for speedometer accuracy, which could get you out of a ticket if you can proof it’s off. Or even if you prove it’s accurate, ask the officer to show proof his car or radar gun was calibrated. Anyway, it’s a good old fashioned privately owned specialty shop, what could be better?