Cool McCool's Garage

I’d bought a cheap-o Sun tach, 3 1/2″ diameter, to put in the T’bird dash where the original clock was.  Good idea, the face was white, like the originals, but it was BRIGHT white,  the originals have a yellow patina, the letters are bronze, where the tach numerals are black, and a different font.

With both gauges out on the bench, it was apparent that the dials were exactly the same diameter, and the sweep, or distance between the numerals, is VERY close to the same.  Why not use the new tach works behind the original clock face?

Hmmm, this gives me an idea…

So, after an hour, I had a new tach, with the clock face, mounted in the dash.  Kim immediately noted that the way I’d oriented the gauge,with the pointer where it was in the original tach position, put the rest of the dial “upside down”.  So, I took it back apart, and also pulled the pointer and moved it so as to have it rest at 12 o’clock, the new “0”.

What’s wrong with this picture?

There, that’s better.

Yup, that’s it.

Now, I’ll take the rest of the gauges apart, clean the cobwebs and dirt from the dials, and paint the pointers red to match the new tach, and it’ll be done.

Perfect!