Howard Instruments Pty Ltd

Celebrating 52 years.

Howard Instruments was appointed both a Smiths and VDO sales and service agent soon after inception and has continued to sell and service both brands.

Howard Instruments has specialised in Speedometer, Tachometer and gauge repair and restoration over the past 52 years.

We share your interest in restoration and improvement.

Ian and Rodger are restoring a 1922 D3 Stoewer. Rodger has a number of Mini’s, a Marcos and a formula junior open wheeler.

We participate in Historic Touring Car Racing and Tarmac Rally along with attending major shows. We actively support car, motorcycle and truck club’s through sponsorship along with speaking engagements at club meetings or hosting clubs at our premises.

Our library of screen-printed dials has been expanded to complement our restoration services along with providing the basis of our range of custom gauges and instrument clusters.

We convert mechanical instruments to electronic and provide modified instruments and accessories for engine conversion projects and changes of ignition, voltage and polarity. Capillary temperature gauges, custom speedometer and tachometer cables along with fuel senders are also a specialty.

We have also moved with advent of new products and technologies into areas such as the installation of Weighing systems, Electronic Throttle Systems, Road Speed Limiting and rpm control systems, 360-degree Camera systems, Fleet Management, Fuel Monitoring and data logging.

We repair Digital Instrument Clusters and Digital Odometers.

Our Speedometer Testing service includes a logged report.

We correct instrument calibration and use electronic and mechanical interfaces along with calibration of the instrument itself We are currently developing a number of CAN instrumentation solutions. We install CAN interfaces to run accessories such as cruise controls for electronic throttle systems.

We are one of Australia’s largest sellers of VDO Instruments and arguably sell the broadest range.
We were appointed a Continental VDO Regional Distributor in 1998.

We have the most comprehensive range of Smiths Instruments in Australia.

We manufacture our own range of safety products.

Our staff is ready to help you with any instrument related problem.

This includes but is not limited to air/fuel, ammeter, boost, chronometric, clock, cylinder head temperature, fuel level, fuel pressure, hour meter, oil pressure, oil temperature, outside temperature, pyrometer, speedometer, tachograph, tachometer, tachohourmeter, transmission oil temperature, turbo, tyre pressure, vacuum, voltmeter or water temperature gauges and accessories.