Keith, Dealer Accessory Packages for the '64, '65, and '66 Tachs were listed in the '66 MPC.
I never realized how similar the old Sun Tach sweep was to the '64 Tempest style. Looks like Pontiac may have copied the style. Seems to me Sun went to the 270 deg sweep around that time, yours may predate the car? And of course the factory Tempest tach had the bigger sweep for '65.
Do you think your Dad would have installed the Sun Tach if the Rally Gauge option had been installed as planned?
Oops, misunderstood. I thought you were referring to the Accesory Tach packages til I read the rest of Al's post.
Agree with Keith, Pontiac did not offer an Accessory Gauge package.
One of the things I envy most about the '65 is that Pontiac offered the Rally Gauge package for the first time, only idiot lights offered for the '64 Tempest.
So yes, very common to see all manner of 3 gauge setups added under the dash of a '64 (and '65s too since many were not ordered with the pricey Rally Gauge option). A Suntune brand (surely Sun would have challenged that knockoff name?) 3 gauge cheapo set was/is hanging under the dash on my car, installed by a prior owner.
Actually, I think yours look pretty decent!
I agree with Keith, the "known" brands were Sun & Stewart Warner.
But I'm pretty sure you could find cheap "knockoffs" in the JC Whitney catalog even in the '60s. I'm sure they were selling them in the early '70s when I started getting their catalogs.
BTW, mine was setup just offset toward the right of the radio.
My first '64 did not have a gauge package, I installed an FM converter at an available screw location around that same place. FM converters were another common add on for our AM radio only cars back in the '70s.
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