Where did you mount your tach in a 73-87 ?

[D Stroud]

And what brand tach did yu use?

Any pics would be very helpful

Thanks
Dwayne

[bodydropped]

i like the factory tachs better but ive seen them mounted in a console

[PRUNEDA]

My truck didn't come with a clock in the dash. So i bought a 2" autometer tach and installed it there. It's not flush like the other gauges, but one of these days I want to make it fit nice and snug.

[82c10]

5" Autometer, where the dash folds is where i mounted mine you can see it the most there, and it Doesn't hurt my view, i can see everything.

[zapata]

well I had mine on the colum

[87_Blazer]

Autometer Monster Tach (5") w/ shift lite. I mounted mine right next to the ashtray down low. It doesn't get in the way of my floor shifter for my T/C and I can still open the ashtray (even though I don't smoke). And it's pretty much outta the way.

[cracker]

Going with this one,I like the fact that it has the gas gauge on it.Just waiting for a new bezel to arrive.

[bigarmzz]

Originally Posted by cracker

Going with this one,I like the fact that it has the gas gauge on it.Just waiting for a new bezel to arrive.

man, thats a sweet set up there.......whats that off of??

[454HO]

Looks like a Hotpoint of some type. Wonder what agitator he's got under the lid of that thing.

lol, sorry but it's Friday night.

I like the aftermarket in dash tachs. That's what I'm putting mine when the time comes.

[tobytuttle]

Originally Posted by bigarmzz

man, thats a sweet set up there.......whats that off of??

thats the c50-c70 style note the 5 grand tach..they made them less like 4 grand too i think...matters what motor was in it

[bodydropped]

Originally Posted by cracker

Going with this one,I like the fact that it has the gas gauge on it.Just waiting for a new bezel to arrive.

dman a rare breed i seen only 1 and that went on ebay for 500 bucks but the draw back with those r that they have problems with the gas circuit burning out on them but i want one

[cracker]

Originally Posted by bodydropped

dman a rare breed i seen only 1 and that went on ebay for 500 bucks

Whoa,maybe I should reconsider putting in my rig.Was it just the tach itself that sold or did they have the complete guage cluster.

[77gmcjoe]

Originally Posted by bodydropped

dman a rare breed i seen only 1 and that went on ebay for 500 bucks but the draw back with those r that they have problems with the gas circuit burning out on them but i want one

Not trying to be an a$$, but I really don't think they're all that rare.
I've gotten a couple out of medium duties in a junkyard, and we had an '87 C70 that had one (it was the newer style "script", for lack of a better word).
I've seen a couple on Ebay, too.
If you look through a big truck junkyard, I'd bet you might find one. It seems that trucks with wet kits (dump trucks or grain boxes) tend to have factory tachs.

Joe

[N2TRUX]

I put mine "in" the dash....

[bodydropped]

Originally Posted by 77gmcjoe

Not trying to be an a$$, but I really don't think they're all that rare.
I've gotten a couple out of medium duties in a junkyard, and we had an '87 C70 that had one (it was the newer style "script", for lack of a better word).
I've seen a couple on Ebay, too.
If you look through a big truck junkyard, I'd bet you might find one. It seems that trucks with wet kits (dump trucks or grain boxes) tend to have factory tachs.

Joe

well i own a salvage yard and i have about 10 of the ton and half series trucks and some of them had tachs like everyione else has that went were the gas gauge was and i havent seen and with the gas gauge on the bottom of the tach and the one that sold on ebay started at 50 bucks and sold for 400 and it was the whole cluster with the clock

[87_Blazer]

[us111]

on the 73-87 parts board ,page 2 "russell" had a tach for sale that went in dash.. might wanna check that out but didnt have the built in gas gauge...

[86swb]

Yes cracker, where did you get that tach? Would like to have one of those myself. That is a really nice set up. I have the clock in mine and with a tach like that I could keep the clock in place. Let us know.

[cracker]

Comes from the larger versions of our trucks (2 ton+) This one had a gas powered V-8 and had the air guage where the clock sits.

[86swb]

Well, do not think I will find one of them tomorrow. Thanks. But would still like to find one somewhere. Just if I knew where somewhere is.

[bodydropped]

Originally Posted by 86swb

Well, do not think I will find one of them tomorrow. Thanks. But would still like to find one somewhere. Just if I knew where somewhere is.

they came on 1/2tons as an option for the clock dash

[u2slow]

I had a tach mounted in an old points-style distributor cap. The tach was from a boat... Quicksilver I think.

I had it zip-tied it to the column at the 12:00 position.

[86swb]

Originally Posted by u2slow

I had a tach mounted in an old points-style distributor cap. The tach was from a boat... Quicksilver I think.

I had it zip-tied it to the column at the 12:00 position.

That is a new one on me. Never heard of anyone doing that before. I like the one in the dash like on the older models. But would also need the smaller gas gage. Not sure what all I would have to do to change over to the older set up for my '86? That is the way I would go.

[1974gmc]

this is how i had mine(this was after my truck got stolen so its a mess)

[86swb]

Looks like they stole your shifter cover and the radio but left the tach? You are lucky to get the truck back with all that I can see still there. Most of the time the truck is completly stripped. Does the tach get in the way of the other gages?