Celebrating 52 years.

Howard Instruments have been involved in the sale, repair, restoration and installation of Automotive, Marine, Commercial and Industrial Instruments accessories and other related products since 1971.

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 50 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 are members of a number of car clubs and we attend many 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. 

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 and accessory instruments.

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.

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, tachourmeter, transmission oil temperature,turbo, tyre pressure, vacuum, voltmeter or water temperature gauges and accessories.
 

Our Staff

We are proud to be a family business.

Directors: Ian and Sandra Howard.

Ian and Sandra started Howard Instruments in 1971 and continue to this day.

Ian is a qualified Instrument Maker who trained in the Australian Air Force in the early 1960's.

His involvement in Instrument repair predates integrated circuits and computers as we know them today. He has continued to train on every new technology since the 1960's and is excited by the fact that he learns something new every day.

Sam is a former primary school teacher and the cornerstone of Howard Instruments.

There is very little that she has not observed during the time that she has run the front counter at Howard Instrument

Sam and Ian are of the 13/7/2023 with the passing of Percy the most senior and longest active serving Instruments Sales and Service practitioners in Australia.

Rodger Howard.

Rodger joined the family firm in the mid 1990's after a period qualifying and practicing in Hospitality Management, Accounting, Commercial Law and TAFE Teaching.

He is a qualified Automotive Electrician and has trained in the full VDO product range both in Australia and in Germany.

His interest in classic cars and the history of automotive instrumentation is quite simply an obsession.

Miyuki

Miyuki looks after procurement and accounts receivable.

We also rely heavily on a wide range of highly skilled contractors. These include Screen Printers, Polishers, Chrome and zinc plater and machinists just to name a few.

You may contact us via
phone: 61 3 94574755
alternatively visit us or send your project to:
110 Northern Rd, Heidelberg West VIC, 3081, Australia