Sun Tach

And what you have (along with its 8,000 RPM brother) was the tach of choice in the late sixties and early seventies. Man there must have been thousands bolted to either the top of the dash or clamped to steering columns. One I had moved from car to car <g>.

Wayne Scraba

[69 Post Sedan]

Thanks for the responses. I agree...I think it's from the early to mid 70's.

I actually bought two of them with cups and mounting brackets. Although both the brackets are for a dash mount and I wanted a steering wheel mount.

Kurt

[Verne_Frantz]

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Any one that has Super on the face is the fully electronic version.

Hope this helps.
Verne

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I went through some more catalogs, and found that statement was wrong. The one catalog had the wrong face picture in the 700 series ad. Both the 700 & 800 series had Sun SUPER Tach on the face. Dennis was right - the 700 series were the "odd" limits (7K & 9K) and used a sender. The 800 series were the "even" limits - 6K, 8K & 10K) and they were fully transistorized. (one piece). But the color band change in '69 applied to both the 700 & 800 series. (at least I was right about that).

Verne

This is the one I bought & installed in '69 (and it still works!)

[camarojoe]

I used to have an old catalog that descibed each one, its applications, and if it used a sender or not... of course I currently have no idea where it is... You'd think I'd have this stuff memorized by now, but my mind seems to be reaching its "useless info" limit these days...

[Verne_Frantz]

OK Joe,
Now it's time for you to take them all out of the boxes and let us know what the date stamps are on the backs.......... I think you have all the answers in that cabinet

[JohnZ]

I took the photo below in 1960 - my '53 Corvette with a '57 Buick "nailhead" V-8, 3x2 97's, Harman-Collins roller cam (3x2's replaced by a 6-71 blower with dual WCFB's in 1961); note the "original" Sun tach (with separate transmitter). It was my "Woodward" car, and ran AM/SP (mid-12's) at all the Detroit area strips. Ahhh, the "good old days".

[Paul_S]

more photos please...

Whoa! Stop right there. That solid axle Vette was a Piece (and it had a Sun tach too!). More pix please!

Wayne Scraba

[m22mike]

The football tach...
Best looking Sun Tach ever, very cool John

[SSRSBOB]

There was a guy way back when who marketed these old tachs and gauges in Lititz, PA. Think his name was Dick Lewis. Was at his place many years ago. Does anyone know him? Or if he's still alive and well?

Bob