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Tardel/Cochran Tach Mount

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Ryan, Sep 3, 2007.

  1. Ryan
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  2. blue57ford
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    That is one damn good looking piece right there.
     
  3. cadillac daddyo
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    thats a nice piece there nice and clean me like :D
     
  4. D.W.
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    Uh...........Wow. That thing is pure sex!
     

  5. Baumi
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    Great looking tach mount! That thing rocks!
     
  6. BigDanF4i
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    it's good to have friends that are craftsmen like that. beautiful piece
     
  7. 2"
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    Brilliant looking piece Ryan, good to see. I've never seen a column mount like that, but it sure looks nice and clean.
     
  8. mtm0078
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    Nice stuff, but that don't look cheap to make. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p></o:p>
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    That means by hot rod math and economics you owe him....... cosign divided by pie.....factor in rotation of the Earth........carry the one......Ryan, you owe him some beer! Anywere from two at a bar too a case. <o:p></o:p>
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    Beer, the payment tha is rarely turned down, everybody wins!
     
  9. Hotrob
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    Looks to be very well done. Has a little to much of a billet look for a period rod like yours, but thats me. Thats the cool thing about putting together your own ride, you can do it your way.
     
  10. Ryan
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    I was actually really worried about that, but it doesn't look it at all in the car. It really does look cast... In any case, it's kind of a personal hot rod part. I don't know if that makes sense or not, but that little column mount has some sentiment behind it.
     
  11. swimeasy
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    Thats just plane BITCHIN!!
     
  12. Hotrob
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    THats all that counts man, that YOU like it. I dig both your rides. I think you have a great eye for style.
     
  13. COOP666
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    There's nothing wrong with billet, if you're making it for yourself, or with a pal. It only becomes lame when you buy it from a catalog.

    It's funny that everybody still gets their panties in a bunch about billet. These days, all the rich guys are showing off the size of their wallets by bolting every super-rare piece of vintage speed equipment they can buy off eBay on their "traditional" hot rod. Expensive bragging-equipment like Kinmont brakes are the new billet, IMHO...
     
  14. Coupe-De-CAB
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    Very cool Tach mount Ryan, looks great and so does the Tach!
     
  15. moefuzz
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    Looks absolutely great,

    But I missed reading where and what the tach came from... It's a cool old timey piece.

    I myself would lean toward a stainless or chrome mount but of a similar idea. (don't want to steal your idea but could possibly grow something from the seed) -Your mount gets the brain cells fireing on what a guy could do with a chunk of stainless.
    Just need a tach to start with.


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  16. Lucky77
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    My friends just drink my beer, they don't whip up uber-bitchin pieces like that. That mount looks great, maybe I need new firends.
     
  17. Looks Awesome.....Shit Casey Cook, a friend of mine. Small Word.

    =]
     
  18. myke
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    Good looking mount, plus nice use of a different style early tach, instead of the typical stewart warner.
     
  19. moses
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    sweeeeeet different but cool
     
  20. So, can you still get into BilletProof?
    I kidd, I kidd!
    Looks sweet man.
     
  21. publicenemy1925
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    Come on now. The King has new clothes? It's BILLET!
     
  22. VonMoldy
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    that is freakin dope! seriously!
    If you use a column drop maybe next time make a "column drop tach mount" all in one sweet chunk of aluminum. I personally love things that can serve two purposes.
     
  23. Velvetoven
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    Glad to hear you like the mount Ryan, I tried my best to "unbillet" a cnc machined part, but it's tough. I suppose the best way would have been to make a casting pattern and then cast the part... Oh well, We all use the tools available to us at the time. Perhaps a matte or non-polished finish might help some?
    I'd really like to see a pic of the mount in your car also.
     
  24. Great looking piece, for sure! Damn! I was so excited at the Drags [tm] I clean forgot to wander over and check out the new coupe for myself! I really regret that now.
     
  25. dusty
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    That tach is cool. Whats even more cool is the way the machinist made the part look like a good clean casting. I was sure this thread would be a "how to cast your own instrument bracket" thread. An ata boy for Ryan for finding the tach and two for the metal worker.
     
  26. Jeff Norwell
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  27. myke
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    you could sandblast it with coarse sand if you wanted it to look cast.
     
  28. center should have been milled out. Seems to 'chunky' for an add on column mount. Most interiors of A's are a little sparse. That chunk hanging off the column changes perspective.
     
  29. 296 V8
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    Nice lookin piece, Id run it.
    Would that be a aircraft instrument?
     
  30. Kevin Lee
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    Upper manifold, blower snout, pulleys, tensioner, misc bracket, and plenty of other things not in immediate view I'm sure. All billet... oh the horror. Dorks.
     

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