About these "period correct" tachs....
Does anyone have a number on them? Or know how to decode the numers on
them to see if they may have been targeted for any certain vehicle?
My Dad has two Sun tachs and two 6v transmitters/boxes, just wondering
what they may have been originally intended for.
> [Original Message]
> From: <mark@noakes.com>
> To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; <afiggis@attglobal.net>
> Date: 6/2/02 7:25:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] tachometers
>
> The style that was used on the old trucks was common in the 50s / 60s;
they may even
> have been the premier brand in that era. You can still find them
around...check the
> internet auction sites, etc.
>
> The dials are black with off white letters resembling the TF dash gauges
but most are
> not an exact match to the GM trucks though I have seen an exact match
unit for the early
> GMCs...$$$...the optional tachs GM sold were Sun units. I want period
original but it
> doesn't have to be so exact for me that I'd be willing to pay $800 for a
tach. I got my
> close but not perfect original for a little over $100.
>
> I'm "working" on a cheap conversion kit for the transmitter in my "spare"
time (I work
> full time plus OT plus am going to grad school plus we just had twins)
but am making
> very slow progress on that project.
>
> Didn't have a very good weekend but that's a topic for another email.
>
> Mark Noakes
>
>
> On Sun, 02 June 2002, John Mercier wrote
>
>
> > Sun tach? I'm not familiar with them. Does it match the original gauges
> > (same color,style...)?
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
--- Mike
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