Where can I mount my tach in my '69 SS? The car is A/T with a console shift. The steering column doesn't look viable because the whole unit rotates when shifting gears.

Any ideas? The unit is a Sun Super Tach that I got off E-bay awhile back.

Thanks,

Dan

when my chevelle belonged to my dad he got a vdo tach...he mounted it on the steering column, but i didn't like it becuase it got in the way of the speedometer, so i moved it to the a-pillar...i just removed the cover drew two marks and drilled the holes the mounted the tach there. took about 20 minutes and it looks bada**

Try a shift light instead of a tach,or do you just like the way a tach looks :cool:

knee knocker tach or do what i did put it on the dash

Try a shift light instead of a tach,or do you just like the way a tach looks

Yes, I really like the Sun tach, I wouldn't dream of not putting it on the car. I just wanted a piece of cool vintage equipment in the car and the tach fits the bill.

I guess you meant column shift? Your question had me very confused.
Anyway, if that's it, I have the same problem. I'm just going to switch to a floor shifter and console ASAP
My tach does move when I shift. But, being an automatic, I only shift once, then I just move it back smile.gif
I don't know the 69SS layout. But, in my 72, I placed it just a tad to the left, where the stock tach would be. It's just low enough to not block my fuel gage.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 72ElCaminoSS:
[QB] I guess you meant column shift? Your question had me very confused.
Anyway, if that's it, I have the same problem. I'm just going to switch to a floor shifter and console ASAP

Sorry for any confusion, My car is a floor shift with a console.

Originally posted by 4spdrat:
[QUOTE]My car is a floor shift with a console. So, why does the column rotate if it's a floor shift?

i just got a new auto meter monster 5" tach to replace my smaller vdo....anyone ever tried to put it where the fuel gauge goes in a '69? i was looking at it today and it seemed like it would fit but im not sure, and i want to be sure before i start to take things apart :confused:

I have a column shift in my 69 and I also have a autometer tach mounted on the column, you have to miunt it above the part that moves with the shifter. Take a look at my website to see it:
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=964546&uid=613489&members=1

Mount it on the cowl. I never did it, but I have seen it done this way many times.
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Thanks Coop, that helps quite a bit! :D