how can you tell a real yenko hood tach from repro

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how can you tell a "real" yenko nova hood tach from a reproduction?
any lil hints?
thanks

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anybody anybody?
i figured this would be the best place to ask....lol ! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[camarojoe]

A "real" yenko hood tach is actually a Dixco HT/x with a different (Yenko) logo on the faceplate... otherwise it is identical to any other Dixco hood tach you could have bought anywhere back in 70. The "correct" version for a Deuce has an 8000 RPM face, with all white numerals, and a metal recessed nut that attaches it to the hood. The Yenko logo will be a silk screen, NOT a decal, and will also be a white outline, not red white and blue. Later Dixco tachs were transistorized, and had a colored band across the top of the face, indicating various "stages" of RPMs... this is not correct for a Yenko, although the housing is the same... These also generally used a black plastic attaching nut, rather than the metal one. Hope this helps... theres also a pic of an original Yenko tach (although missing the redline pointer) in the Yenko facts section of this site...

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thanks joe!
i tried lookin all over this site but couldn't find it.
thanks again man ! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Belair62]

Nobody bothered posting because we were waiting for Joe to chime in...he probably has X rays of the tachs !!

[396L35]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2483580390&catego ry=42606

[camarojoe]

Its a real Dixco tach, with the "first version" white numeral face... the Yenko logo is a repro, looks to be a decal or piece of paper glued to the face... note its a different shade of black in the center area of the logo... if it was a silk screen the white would be the only color of the silkscreen, not the black. Also looks like its missing the metal nut I mentioned above, but I can't tell for sure... You could fabricate something to attach it to the hood, but the original metal nuts are unique looking, and pretty tough to find if they are missing. If it works, its probably not a bad deal for 350.00. If I didn't just buy another SW tach I don't need, I'd probably buy this myself... can't have too many... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[bkhpah]

Hey, didn't some Mopar Guru ask the same questions not to long ago? And didn't he get all defensive about this same topic...BKH

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Hey, didn't some Mopar Guru ask the same questions not to long ago? And didn't he get all defensive about this same topic...BKH

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no mopar guru here.........allllllll chevy ! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif .....lol!

[camarojoe]

Yep, he was writing a book, remember? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Should be a good book http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Also, the original Deuce Dixco's had two locating pins, one on either side of the metal 'nut'. The later 'JC' tachs as we call them, don't seem to have these pins.