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I was on Performance Years forum last night searching for factory tach info and came across a great resource if anyone is looking for tach installation in a full size. I just wanted to post up the pics here. BEWARE OF A MISTAKE IN THESE GM INSTRUCTIONS. THEY SAY TO CONNECT THE BROWN WIRE TO THE POSITIVE TERMINAL ON THE COIL. THAT IS WRONG, IT SHOULD SAY THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL ON THE COIL. tach1.jpgtach2.jpgtach3.jpgtach4.jpgtach5.jpg



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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles 

1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
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Whoops, I posted this in the wrong year.... Moderator, could you please move this over to 65-70 Full Size Interior Tech Forum?

Thanks.

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This is very very handy Carl as I have to do exactly this pretty soon.  The price of that air cleaner just dropped.....

 

 



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66 Grande guy wrote:

This is very very handy Carl as I have to do exactly this pretty soon.  The price of that air cleaner just dropped.....

 

 

   Any time Ken. You know I want to seee your car completed almost as bad as you do!

 

And thanks to the moderator for fixing my mistake, posting it in the wrong place!



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Is there a vendor that sells reproduction tachometres for 65-70 full size cars?



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Hey Carl is that your new cars dash? (avitar)



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My avatar? Yes, if so.

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Vaughan wrote:

Is there a vendor that sells reproduction tachometres for 65-70 full size cars?

 No but a guy in Australia made some tach cups (I think he made 10) and they apparently are very nice. I think they are 400 bucks for the cup though.



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So are going to drill the holes or use the other dash in the pictures?



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I may know of a 66 Tach ,, I'm still working on finding out ....



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Would a 10,000 RPM Monster tach fit OK??  confuse



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I may know of a 66 Tach ,, I'm still working on finding out ....

 Will it be for sale?

Mine is apart as it is/was non-functional.



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So are going to drill the holes or use the other dash in the pictures?

 That's just pictures I got from someone else. I will be cutting the holes in my dash to make it fit.



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TTT



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Oh rats, I saw you had posted on here Ken and thought you had installed a factory tach!

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Vaughan wrote:

Is there a vendor that sells reproduction tachometres for 65-70 full size cars?

 No but a guy in Australia made some tach cups (I think he made 10) and they apparently are very nice. I think they are 400 bucks for the cup though.

 It appears he has one left if anyone happens to be looking.

Same for 65-66 full size Canadian and US models.

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ive got a line on one but it comes with a car and no to answer the obvious



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hey ken how are the project going



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Hey 65 wagon, its coming along a bit slow but I am ready to put the sheet metal back on starting tomorrow.  Doing some parts swapping lately has kind of preoccupied me but i have a deadline of September to take this thing for a real long drive, so maybe I'll see ya.. 

 

I just wanted to make sure i don't forget this post.  It is going to be useful very soon.



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38 Willys pickup electric

39 Buick (327 with 700 r4)

66 Beaumont 4 door hardtop

69 Chevy CST pickup

1976 GMC 23'  motorhome

1994 Impala SS 

1968 Citroen Fourgonnette (Yeah Carl!)
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I think you two guys above ^^^^ should get together, sit down, discuss which of your projects are going to be finished, and send me all the stuff that's leftover that you're never going to use....

And Ken, I am dreaming of doing this tach install on mine one day also. So far a dream, but I have two possibilities of purchasing one, so it may happen. The one possibility is a slim one but you never know.

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thats cool im still trying to 10 things at once i pick



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My problem too plus I'm not really very good at 9 out of the ten.



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ken from northern Alberta

38 Willys pickup electric

39 Buick (327 with 700 r4)

66 Beaumont 4 door hardtop

69 Chevy CST pickup

1976 GMC 23'  motorhome

1994 Impala SS 

1968 Citroen Fourgonnette (Yeah Carl!)
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easy fix, you need a tiny brass chisel hammer, by the way thats the tach im looking for, hey i just read Carls post, i only have 65 parts no 66 here so any left overs would not work in your situation



-- Edited by 65wagon on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:19:13 PM



-- Edited by 65wagon on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:46:32 PM

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65wagon wrote:

easy fix, you need a tiny brass chisel hammer, by the way thats the tach im looking for, hey i just read Carls post, i only have 65 parts no 66 here so any left overs would not work in your situation



-- Edited by 65wagon on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:19:13 PM



-- Edited by 65wagon on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:46:32 PM

Thank 65, I may try to get up the courage and see what happens.  I just hope it doesn't look worse when I'm done.  Fine work is not my strong suit.  As for my tach I have plans for it.... needs to be fixed cosmetically and the inner workings too.  Then mount her in my 66.  Gonna add up to $.

 

There is a tach and pot on Ebay right now though but it isn't going to go cheap.

http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=Full+Size+Pontiac+Tachometer+&_trksid=p5197.c0.m627



-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 03:21:24 PM



-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 11:29:21 PM

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39 Buick (327 with 700 r4)

66 Beaumont 4 door hardtop

69 Chevy CST pickup

1976 GMC 23'  motorhome

1994 Impala SS 

1968 Citroen Fourgonnette (Yeah Carl!)
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Tach ding.JPGCarl here is what a dinged front looks like. 

 



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