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Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Thinking about installing an aftermarket tachometer in the ol 68. Going for the ol school look. It's got a 250 engine with 3 on the tree.
Don't really want to mount it into the dash bezel. Show me pictures of where you mounted yours. Steering column? Dash mount? Thoughts? Thanks Guys As Always.
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Screwed this one up
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Can't figure out how to delete posts
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Not sure why I keep screwing up these posts. Guess I am a Luddite. Sorry
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Not a bad idea. Out the way but still visible. The ones with the shift lights are pretty cool.
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Do you hit your leg on it?
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
That was my first concern placing it there but no my leg is not close at all. I'm 5"10 and a taller guy might not want it there but it's kind of to the side too so it would likely be ok for most.
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Here's mine.
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Boy, what am I doing here? Let's try this again...
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Its hard to see, a Sun Super Tach, but its on the column in front of the tach hole.
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Those are nice locations too. What size tach face y'all got?
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
Sun tach....
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
In case you reconsider installing the tach in the dash. From what I can remember it didn't take alot of work to do. The tach is a Sunpro and the bezel was originally chrome but I painted it to match the rest of the panel.
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
That looks pretty good too. What size face is that? 3"?
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MyToys: Goldilocks the "Ol School Survivor" 1968 C10, SWB Stepside, 08/15 TOTM, 250 CI 6 cylinder, 3 on the tree, 3.73 rear, 3/5 static drop, 23,500 original miles. Samson the 1970 CST10, LWB, 462Ci, Turbo 350 tranny, 3.08 rear gear, PB, PS, A/C, AM/FM, 2/4 Drop. Brutus the 1998 Camaro Z28, 33,500 original miles, LS1, 519 RWHP/497 RWTQ. Member of the Louisiana Classic Truck Club, LCTC Member of the Louisiana C10 Club Member of the Baton Rouge Drifters Car Club |
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Re: Show Me Your Aftermarket Tach's
It's a Sunpro Super Tach II. I think the specs say 3 3/8". I measured the face and it is around 3". It was a tight fit but I didn't have to cut the bezel at all. I just cut a hole in the clear plastic lens and the metal piece behind that.
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