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Old 12-12-2017, 07:07 PM
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https://www.amazon.com/Sunpro-CP7901.../dp/B00029JXNE

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/b...0aAotcEALw_wcB

I bought a wild lookin tach that was red white & blue. I think it was some sort of a Sun special edition of some sort. May have been a "Don Garlits Edition", or some similarly ridiculous name. Probably got it cheap from some super sale. Anyhow, I put in in the 1st '68 Bird TJ raced. Worked great for racing and about 3 years more as her street ride. I just put the shift rpm & shift marker straight up, then she shifted when the needle got straight up. Not as good as a shift light tach, but worked great.

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For all the rest of our race cars, I used a small Auto Meter tach, but still strapped to the steering column. I think both the AM & the Super Sun were very popular in Musclecars, in the '70's.
I have the Sunpro tach at the top of the post in my 62 Catalina. It works well and has decent response. The entire exterior and cup are plastic, so that may be a turnoff. There are others I like better, but the price is right.

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Old 12-15-2017, 01:27 PM
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I found this tach in a photo of a 63 Tempest. Can anyone tell me if this was factory or dealer aftermarket from back in the day.
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That is a factory tach

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I found this tach in a photo of a 63 Tempest. Can anyone tell me if this was factory or dealer aftermarket from back in the day.
That's a factory tach for "B" bodies.

Automatic cars came with the vacuum gage on the console and the tach at the outboard end of the instrument panel.

Stick cars got the tach down on the console.

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That's a factory tach for "B" bodies.

Automatic cars came with the vacuum gage on the console and the tach at the outboard end of the instrument panel.

Stick cars got the tach down on the console.

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Hmmm..... I hope you are referring to something other than a Pontiac because my automatic transmission '62 GP came standard with a tach on the console, not a vacuum gauge.

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http://www.zeppy.io/discover/us/vintage-tachometer

Website for vintage tachometers.

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That's a cool website, thanks for posting that Jack.

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