anyone using the 'new' sunpro retro tach - tachometer

saxman what tach are you talking about? A Mooneyes or Sunpro? I think you better check again. The chrome is over plastic. I'd still rather have a true Sun Super Tach ll retro then a Chinese repop.

 

I've been using the retro Sun tach for almost 2 seasons in the coupe with zero trouble and great looks. I had to modify the mounting bracket to fit the Lime Works column.

 

I'm talking about the Sunpro Retro Tach that the OP was asking about and pictured in @BAD PENNY post above. It's all metal, no plastic. I wouldn't put a plastic tach in my truck, my friend! I don't know about the Super Tach. It might be plastic.

 

Works great and easy hookup

 

It doesn't take much work to put a SunPro Retro Tach in an early Sun cup. You know, the one that looks like a 5 gallon bucket.

 

I'm really happy with mine.

 

I have one in my gasser works good and the chrome is nice .

 

The RPM'S on mine are about half what they should be.

 

Blast from the past...the tach and this thread..................

http://www.pepboys.com/product/details/845883/00111

Reg. Price
$129.99 / ea
Sale Price
$83.90 / ea

On sale at Pep Boys!

Says all metal!

 

Hmmm? Did Bosch buy Sunpro?
These are out of stock everywhere under Sunpro name.
The Bosch one looks the same.


with current promotion (PB25For70) at Pep Boys it's $105 plus tax

 

Same plastic display box and all.

 

I hadn't seen these. Interesting !

 

Still running the super tach in the vette today that I bought back in 76

 

Very true, man, those seventies Sun Supertachs would overshoot a MILE. I had one in my sb pinto, used to stun my friends and frighten my enemies by winging the solid lifter 302 to "8500" with no load on it. I figured it was probably overshooting by about 1000 rpm. They were about as accurate as the Roadrunner "postage stamp" tachs. Probably where all these hamb legends about guys running their solid lifter stock rod 283's to 9 grand come form...

 

Yup, it appears Bosch bought Sunpro. Those sneaky German bastards!

 

BTTT for a six year-old thread.
Any new insight?

 

Not a tach but I'll be running these Sunpro gauges.

 

I gifted one to my cousin when he got his '61 unibody on the road a couple years ago. So far so good, no issues - looks the part and reads well. Only gripe is the backlight is sort of an odd green tint on his that looks more modern than the rest of the tach.

 

Yep Pain to fit on my column. Looks good works fine.

 

I've got one in my 57 chevy pickup, never had issues with it and works great. I think I bought it off ebay a few years ago for just a touch over $100...

 

Are these Chinese?

 

Yes.

Do they still sell them new? I've got a couple in the box sitting on a shelf in the shop.

Just looked and it looks like Bosch still sells them.

 

I have bought 4 of these for various projects, over the last 5-6 years, and have not had any
issues with them. I would buy again. I use my old, non-working Sun transmitters with them to provide more of a vintage look. Photos of a '62 Nova and a '46 Chev. Bob

 

A little off topic, but years ago I bought a set of Moon gauges (including 3 5/8 tach) for my 56 Ford pickup project. I bought them right before Moon started having them built "off shore". They were built by Classic Industries right here in the good ol USA.

 

Looks like most of the Moon Gauges are still Classic Instruments:
https://www.mooneyesusa.com/product-p/mpg3222.htm

 

I did have it set for 8 clyd. I figured the Tach and the Petronics weren't playing nice with each other. The car it was in was sold in 2016.

 

We have had the Sunpro tach in the Shaker for seven years, no issues in a high vibration environment