I'm looking for a cheap tach to use on my 496 engine build fire up. It will be mounted somewhere on the DIY test stand. I plan on pre running the motor for a bit before the install.
Anyone have a old cheap tach sitting around they could part with (or lend for that matter)? Brackets, mounting etc isn't important at all, just something that will work 12 volt V8. A spare tach is probably the one thing I don't have!
I could buy a new one...but why for this?
Thanks, Mark
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Have an old 3" tach you can have(only goes to 8g) but shipping might be a bit much,yours if you can't find anything closer. Also would a timing light with tach or point/dwell meter with tack work?
-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Sunday 21st of February 2016 04:13:30 AM
I have a tach for you do you want me to bring it to you or perhaps mail it I have 2 a little one and a bigger one
actually 3 one in box is to take to the Nursing Home other 2 available probably 20 to ship it
Is that a Ford hood scoop Carl? Looks like a nice one.
Don
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Carl, I don't know if you already knew this but they actually were made by Ford, for their heavy trucks. They faced the opening toward the windshield, they let out heat. Pontiac picked them up for their SD's, gave them a GM part number so they were "legal+ GM parts.
Here's one (they came with either painted or chrome for the "grill". They are very cool.
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
No, I'm sorry, I thought you got me mixed up with my other brother (Darryl) in Florida.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I read somewhere they used this scoop on the trucks from 59 to about the late 70's. The truck in the pic is about 20KM from my house, not sure what year it is. It said diesel on the hood.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
No, I'm sorry, I thought you got me mixed up with my other brother (Darryl) in Florida.
Methinks the one Carl sent to Florida might be this one - he sent it to me absolutely free - I have not yet gotten up the courage to cut holes in my (recently restored, after this pic) hood, but here is a mock-up photo:
I have not yet gotten up the courage to cut holes in my (recently restored, after this pic) hood, but here is a mock-up photo:
Dave
You can do what I did. buy another hood and cut the scoop hole in it.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Yes you can.... I'll get one of them to send you one
I'd have to patch the hole in my hood, or I could always put a big "bread box" blower scoop on it.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
1956 Pontiac Pathfinder 2dr sedan, 496 - dyno'd 545 hp, stick shift, 4.11 posi - Hot Rod
