[6pack] electric or mechanical

[John Summers]

Since my tach cable somehow wrapped itself around my steering column a year
ago and broke.  And since the tach needle was only 1/4" long when I got the
car 11 years ago I'm thinking about what to do.  Should I replace just the
cable?  Or should I buy a new, modern tach?  I don't want to pay big bucks for
something that would be like original equipment.  Actually the big dream is to
replace all of the instruments and rearrange their placement.  Something
closer to eyesight for the speedo and small gauges.  I rely more on the small
gauges than I do the tach anyway. They tell me my car is "healthy" and with a
35 year old car that is more important to me than how fast I'm going.  Another
issue is driving lights.  I have old rectangle Hella lights mounted on top of
the bumper.  They are a little big.  Does anyone have any experience with the
smaller lights you see in Pep Boys?  One of which is LED.  I have also seen
cars with the thin maybe 2'
 light strips on the rear of the car.  As we know we all need more luminance
back there just to be seen.  My idea is to attach the strip just under the lip
of the trunk lid and attach it to the brake lights.  Too ambitious?  Certianly
FOR ME it is but what about the idea?John SummersJacksonville