Dunedin Street Races - revival meeting January 1984

[Roger Dowding]

Speed limits and conversion from " English " to Metric = MpH to KpH
This from Kelvin Brown
" Had to check that, our NZ road metric change was in 1975. Of interest were the NZ open road speed changes we have had. 1962 from 50 to 55 mph, 1969 from 55 to 60 mph, 1973 from 60 to 50 mph or 80 kph. 1986 from 80 to 100 kph. "

This makes more sense now ; - and a bit more on the McLaughlin Healey
- These speeds are from 1963 - Thanks Kelvin Brown.
Would have been the inaugural " Pukekohe " New Zealand Grand Prix meeting.



Keith Yeats in the Orchid in this part and the other McLaughlin / McLoughlin in a Sprite



Will put the full list on the Pukekohe thread

[jellywrestler]

didnt we change to KM in 1974?

[Roger Dowding]

didnt we change to KM in 1974?

You could be right, I was just going by the comment above which mentions 1975 - and remember getting stickers with numbers for the km equivalent of the proposed KM equivalent speed limits to attach to the speedo on my first Mini back in the late 1960's.