Sorry Puddin', you're too late. I know there were early 70s Buicks with speed alarm.
There were others, I just don't remember who else offered it.

I have one in my 88 T-Bird.
Get up to whatever speed, push the button, go 5 over, it flashes and beeps.
A "barely audible" hum would be masked by wind, road noise, and the stereo.

My '85 325e had just such a feature...

Rob

Years ago I acquired a box of aftermarket devices a bit like this, to
scavenge for parts. They had five membrane type buttons on the front,
with preprogrammed speed limits printed on them (I want to say they
were 35, 45, 55, 65 and 75 but that might not be right). You press the
button for the speed limit in your area, and a LED lights up under that
button to let you know where the setting is pegged. If you go over that
speed, the thing beeps loudly and flashes the LED.

This product was intended for an area where radar detectors are illegal.

My 69 Caddy had essentially that feature. You could set the cruise
control to whatever speed you wanted to not go over and when you got
to that speed the gas pedal would start pushing back. The more you
went over the set speed, the more force the gas pedal pushed back
with.

I "kinda" remember that anomoloy. IIRC, it wasn't so much a feature as it was a
fault with the CC calibration due to vacuum. Caddy made it a "feature" in 1970 in the
Fleetwood and Grandwood (Limo Chassis). This "feature" was a "concern" in 69 that many
owners didn't notice until the cars were out of warranty.

Hmmm. Well, my old 1937 Cadillac LaSalle had a speedometer with illumination
that changed colour when it went over 30 MPH. It was only useful at night
though.


Steve R.

My '67 Caprice had that option. Yellow pointer in speedo was set via knob on
the bottom of dash to desired speed and a buzzer would go off when you
passed that speed.
--
John
"some suffer from insanity, I choose to enjoy it"

Thanks for all responses.

I pretty much figgered it had been implemented, just
had no idea how/when.

But it didn't stick? Wouldn't likely find such feature/option
if I hit the showrooms today?

Skoal,
Puddin'

"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather
than the victim."
- Bertrand Russell

People probably found it annoying, especially when they know they are going
above the posted speed limit, like during passing.

Another option is a heads-up display, where the dash board is projected to
the windshield. That way, you don't have to glance down at it. Jeff