TECH: How to make a "Vintage" Tachometer for a '47-53 Chevy Truck

Aces!!

 

Fantastic idea: impressive execution!

I tip my hat to you.

 

Pretty damn cool.

You could have made your own gage face with water slide decals.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435908&highlight=restoration&showall=1

 

Great tech article! Thanks!!

 

Great tech Rick!!

Could you explain this a little more? I'm assuming this was this done before you laid out the graphics? To get the calibration right? After that it would be a case of installing the nedle at the zero position?

I am keen to do something similar on a couple of builds I have going on.

 

That is some great thinking and fabbing up there. Just a unique set up, Bravo! ~sololobo~

 

Now that's cool ! The ingenuity of you guys continues to amaze me. Well done article too !

 

In reply to BarryA question:

 

again very nice
the gages on my truck are pooched but this might work great for me

 

Rick, Very nice job, please chek your PM's.
Fred

 

Amazing job ! Thanks for sharing.

 

I also needed to get a tach for my '59 chevy pickup too. Problem is that the 55-59 trucks really don't have a good place in the dash to mount a tach, unlike the earlier AD trucks do.

I did find a tach that does (kinda) match the original speedo #'s. It's from New Vintage USA gauges. They also offer a decent discount to Alliance members too & it's made in the USA. How cool is that?

http://www.newvintageusa.com/

I got a chrome SW cup so I can mount it on the steering column.

No pics yet, but you can see how it will match

Nice tech BTW!!

 

Well done Sir, I thought of doing something similar in the past and was going to try integrating it with the other 4 gauges.
Mongo

 

very nice, very good works-man-ship....