Roof Deuce Restoration

[Salvatore]

Love those industrial area photos! perfect!!!

[bbbenny]

Sam, That is ONE nice ride! Benny

[Woj]

Very nice photos Sam.

Phil Woj.

[CC Rider]

Very cool Sam!

[Xplantdad]

Sam's Yenko rocks! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

[Swissyenko]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Joe comes thru: My hood tach was sent out for rework at Auto Instruments recently and it was determined that the innards were no longer working and were unrepairable due to specific parts availability, so they put new tach workings inside. I asked them to address the yellowed face. They said that they could not access the inside face because of the Dixco assembly process where the lense was glued to the Yenko Crest bezel. Well Joe worked his magic when the hood tach came back to Donahue and the results are below. Mighty impressive Joe &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...cked.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt; !! Looks great! &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...eers.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;

Thanks!!

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Let me tell you something to your restored Yenko Hood Tach.

They changed the complete inner mechanic with a very later dated unit ~1977. You can see the difference in the lighting. Your lighting is placed in front behind the black Yenko bezel. Original the lighting is in the case behind the 8000 RPM display with a large bulb.

Early Yenko Dixco’s had 4 cables: White, Black, Green and Red

Later produced Dixco’s with the lighting in front comes just with tree cables: Black, Green and Red.

Second thing: The adjusting knob looks like a later dated, also in mid-70th years.

About me, the restoring company made just a swap in your tach. They kept the rare original Yenko unit. Probably the Yenko Bezel is also a reprint, it looks like one.

Pat

[mockingbird812]

Pat

I know they changed the insides as that is what they told me they did. It has three wire leads now.

Adjustment knob looks ok to me But I am no expert. Sounds like you have some insight on this detail. I am confident that the face is original. If you go back in my thread you will see the original face with the embossed &quot;YENKO&quot; emblem on it which are no longer made. This face is what was returned from the tach repair facility and is on the car now.

[mockingbird812]

Here is the original face plate mentioned above that is on the car now.

[Swissyenko]

Hi Sam

I never saw a Yenko face plate with embossed Yenko logo. It looks like a sticker over painted in black. I don’t want say it’s not original. It’s just new for me.

Have you a survivor picture from such face plate?

Thanks
Pat

[Justbad Joe]

The picture you posted above is a survivor. If you need another i'm sure my dad can get you one of his.
Joe