Period correct tach ideas?

[Bill Rose]

Yikes! That's a lot more info than I was expecting. I learned a lot. I now know everything there is to know about the old tachs. My concern at this point is the size of the tachs. I'm not sure I want to put a full size tach on the steering column, and have to move it off to the side, and I'm not going to drill any holes in the dash. I have a friend has a nice used Sun tach, that I can use, but the large diameter has me thinking twice.

I have a set of 2 silver face Autometer under the dash, for water temp, & oil pressure. Autometer makes a 2&5/8 dia silver face tach, that goes with that set. Certainly not the old school look I was asking about, but I may go that route for now. Thanks again for all the comments. When my head stops spinning, I can make an educated guess, as to what I want to do.

[Salvatore]

Bill, In 1970 I bought a Sun SST-806 tach and mounted it to the column of my 69 nova with No issue at all. I mounted it hose clamp style right behind the turn signal switch. I had an original steering wheel on my car if that helps. If your column does not rotate you can also mount (which I did) a Sun Oil and temp gauge on either side of the column. I believe Don White has whatever you need and is NOS vintage parts. Next is traction bars and headers!

[68l30]

Heres my favorite "mini tach" ....pretty tough to find, but nice if you can fit a 3 gauge panel.


BIG

[68l30]

Heres a few more early Tach choices from Auto Meter ( sticker was on it when I bought it ) , another Mr. G , Faria ( tough to find) , and for the hard core Day Two... Stahl.

BIG