Sun super tach

I recently purchased a sun super tach that had a november '68 manufacture date. I was just curious if anyone knew what year they first came out.

 

If I remember correctly, the stand alone Super Tach came out around '66.

Before that there were some tachs that looked similar but still required a transmitter.

 

Sun Super Tach (SST) ad from May '62.


Mutt

 

My Sun Super tach has a '64 or 5 build as I recall. I took it apart when I got it home from the swap meet land new wires and was stoked to see it was the right time period for the Pusher.

 

Cool! Thanks guys. That's a neat ad.

 

Now I'm curious...

Is yours like the one pictured in the ad, or the kind that has the words SUPER TACH on the face? I have a SST series 9000K tach in my GTO with a '65 date on it but it still uses the EB-9A transmitter.

Anyone know when the first transistorized ones that don't need a transmitter and say SUPER TACH on them came out?

 

My dad has a super tach just like the one pictured, no writing. I have a no transmitter one dated 1970 I really wanted to use, but I don't think it works.

 

i had one in 64 that had just the tac no box

 

Mine is a Super, says super tach on the face. On the tach itself it had a month and either 64 or 65. No brain box, stand alone tach.

I remember thinking that they didn't come out until about '67 or 8 but I only gave a nickle for it and it has a chrome steel cup not like the plastic super IIs.
So I was plesently surpirzed when the date was as old as it was. Mayhaps they actually started building them a year or so before they started selling them???

 

Thanks PnBnr. That's a really cool chunk of info.

I really dig the early Super Tachs too. The metal cup and the metal knob for the telltale needle make a world of difference. They have more weight and a feel like they are of a higher quality than later ones.

 

I'm sure they are. I'm running a half sweep dated 57 in my coupe. I got a nice transmitter and threw a couple batteries in it and it's been working for 2 years now.

I wish I knew more about the '60's-70's ones that don't need a transmitter. There doesn't seem to be much info on those. I'd still like to run the one I have in another car.

 

I've got one I bought new in 1976. It has the plastic cup. Any other differences from the early ones?

 

Rasputin,mine has "Sun" in block letters and "Super Tach" written in script. A buddy of mine has one with a manufacture date of 11/69 and it looks identical to mine which has a 11/68 date.