Vintage Tach Collectors Show and Tell

I know alot of you share the same fetish for old gauges. I just bought a unique one so I thought Id share. Post up any cool photos of old RPM gauges here. Stewart Warner, Sun, you get the idea.


Not sure the exact era of this one, or what Stahl was. All I know is I think it was worth the $28 I spent on it.

 

Bak-0-lite case push button tel-tale ...........

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think super stock ...and stahl headers....probably a late 60's early 70's vintage...still in business ...

a couple of mine...small collection.....brandon

 

Here's the S/w machine you test 'em with

Tom..... You shouldda a gotten this off me

 

I just sold this NOS 6v/12v tach to a fellow HAMBer (and have been kicking myself in the ass for doing so !).................

 

Hey ScottRod2...want to sell the Stahl tach?...My first car had one and would love to add this to my clone of my first 55...thanks

 

Here's my only tach;other than the one in my 57 Pontiac.Bought off e-Bay for very cheap money.Reads in either direction.Mostly to check machine tool spindle speeds.

 

Heres a portion of my collection. Its mostly 60's musclecar stuff more than 50's hotrod, but some of you may dig it anyhow.

 

This is the only one I have. Its up on a shelf somewhere now...

 

i picked this westech tach a bout a year ago but cant find any info to make her work

 

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! XLNT

 

I have this DIXCO tach. never seen another one it`s in a cup.Do you have any idea what year it is?

 

Damn Joey.........now I know where all the stuffs at !!!

 

Here's a couple of Sun counter displays.

 

Took this out of a 48 ford truck

 

I've got an identical one to this (albeit used) sitting on my desk right now. I'll sell it to you if you want it.

 

I've been collecting up some mechanical tachs. Just picked up a Stewart Warner, but most of them are Moroso. The earlier Moroso mechanical units were manufactured by Jones...just like your Stahl branded one. I think they were all the same, but different screen print designs on the tach face. Didn't Stahl make headers primarily?

 

I think i remember seeing stahl tach and other gauges on late 50's;early sixty's fire truck gauge panels.

 

Here's one kindda S/W drive....... there are many variations

Sometimes these were used to run govenors on stationary motors

Start looking

 

Anybody know where this was used? It has a tell-tale needle with a reset and a mechanical drive-curved glass lens. I was thinking of using it on my flathead.

 

Since this topic is so near and dear to my heart, I dug the camera out and took some more pics...

 

Any idea if it is possible to replace the glass in a Sun Super Tach II? Been in my 69 Nova SS since I bought it in '79. Most likely from the mid 70's.
BTW...That collection of gauges is sick!
JT

 

Sorry, also is it possible to calibrate the factory tach in my '64 Olds Starfire? If so, who does it? Off by at least 1,000rpm
JT

 

well have you changed trans, tire/wheel size? that just takes little plastic gears if it's a hydramatic.

 

Rare 1960's Faria 12k

 

Here's one I found....

 

Bonneville in my '55.

 

Since nobody answered the Dixco question, all I can tel you is they were around in the '60's and '70's, and also offered the infamous "Big Daddy" tachometer, which sat on your hood in a fairing and was painted like an American flag. I had one on my Max Wedge for a time, and one in my Morris Minor.

 

Besides all the "normal" tachs....