Does anyone know if there are reproduction 1968 roller tachometers (and where to find them) or is this going to be a lifelong treasure hunt for an original?

Really dig the looks of them...kinda different.

Thanks,

Ken Morford
1968 Chevelle 'Bu
Granny's stock 307

No repros on these now, or probably ever. They are cool looking, but generally don't work very well and are hard to read when they do. I mounted a small tach guts behind my clock delete plate and put the face on the front and it looks kinda like a stock '69 tach and works well too.

Did you use an aftermarket tach? Would love to see a pic.

By the way, looked at your car in the featured cars area of the website...nice job! I have an all original 307 car too (its grotto blue). Kind of doing some similar things to it you have done, but I am just leaving it a Malibu (as opposed to a clone...uhh...tribute car).

Ken Morford

Actually there are some tachs out there, but they usually priced high. The real hard part to come up with is the little plastic bezel trim that is inserted into the cut section of the main intrument bezel. They usally go for over $150 on Ebay :eek: . Old Blue is a factory tach car but the main bezel was pretty rough. Since I am running an Autometer tach I just installed a non tach bezel. The factory tach is just hiding out.
And Dave is correct they aren't vey accurate. The needle bounces all over the place most of the time.

Originally posted by ken68:
Does anyone know if there are reproduction 1968 roller tachometers (and where to find them) or is this going to be a lifelong treasure hunt for an original?

Really dig the looks of them...kinda different.

Thanks,

Ken Morford
1968 Chevelle 'Bu
Granny's stock 307 Ken,

I have an origional tach in mine, and I agree its more of a fancy toy than practical as it is very hard to read.

As for getting a tach, you can buy on on ebay - but I have seen a repro-tach for a 68 - well home-made at a local car show here in Ottawa, Canada and looked 100% identical.

Simply put, using a vertical roller gauge which you can find for a variety of things such as volt-meters, etc - he used a colour printer on gloss paper to print the new guage numbers - and glued it on. Then experimenting with different resistors, simply got the home-made tach within the right range. If you ask me it sounds like alot of work, but I've seen it done. I would not attempt this myself, but anything is possible if you put your mind to it.

If it was me, I would simply fork out the money for a new tach, they are still available, but for a price.

You will need to find a complete gauge package dash with wiring harness in order to get the tach. It wasn't available without the gauges. I found one in the used parts section of this site & paid $700 for the gauges, harness, and instrument panel. It's a pain to install & I hope that the "cool" factor will be worth the effort. I'll find out this weekend when I finally get it installed. :rolleyes: