[Rx:GTO daily]

If you have ANY doubts, I suggest you order the repro tach. When you get a load of the blueprint for cutting the hole (hole??? It's the freakin' grand canyon) you may have 2nd thoughts. Although I promise if you decide to you will only cry for a second! Have a quality body man do it for you...so you don't have to witness it & keep the cutout...would make a great metal drink coaster! That 1st night time drive with that tach glowin on the hood and the needle sweepin across the scale will instantly erase any doubts you may have had. 1 of my friends is a die hard ford guy (there is just no accounting for taste) and he NEVER fails to drool over the hood tach! I know if ford ever used a hood tach he would instantly install 1 on his excruciatingly rare ford. DO IT!! It is, IMHO, 1 of the coolest things ever put on a car! And as a possible dealer installed option, any car could have had 1. Of course the ultimate solution is a 2nd hood.

[428GTO70]

Originally Posted by Rx:GTO daily

I know if ford ever used a hood tach he would instantly install 1 on his excruciatingly rare ford.

Ford did use a hood tach on around 1970 cars like the boss mustang. I think it was a dealer option and it was made by Dixco. They are alot more cheesy looking in quality than the pontiac ones IMO, but they are worth alot more because of the rarity. I had actually bought one from JC whitney a long time ago for like 40 bucks because I thought it may have been the correct one for a pontiac(they had just a drawing in the book). Well it was taller than a pontiac one, had an adjustable redline needle on the face, was just cheapo looking to me and I didnt like the looks of it. So it sat in my closet. Fast forward like 10 years I find some of them on ebay in the same box being sold as a Boss/Mach 1 Mustang Dixco hood tach and they were all selling for well over 500 bucks. Needless to say I put mine on ebay and fetched over 600 bucks for it I wish I would have bought out JC whitney of them back then. ANYWAYS, the moral of the story is, I dont know what ford your friend has, but some of them did have a hood tach as a dealer option and would be correct if he loves them so much. I do like mine and whenever people see it that have never heard of such a thing, they think its just the coolest thing .

[70 Dream]

Link, your Palladium goat looks terrific, stock in every other way that I can see, why paint the tach black, it won't look right, IMO, agree with 428GTO, seems I read too that only the Polar Whites had the black tachs . . . .. .

[DonColby]

Does your car have a tach in the dash? Hood tach sounds great - wish I had one on mine, but two tachs will look kind of funny.

[428GTO70]

Originally Posted by DonColby

Does your car have a tach in the dash? Hood tach sounds great - wish I had one on mine, but two tachs will look kind of funny.

Thats why you get an in dash clock to replace the in dash tach, It's too bad they are such a pain to change though. Dash removal is pretty much necessary I think, at least partially.