Hood Tachs

[camarojoe]

Here's another pic of a correct Yenko silk screened Dixco HT/x, although it appears the adjustable redline pointer is missing on this one.

[camarojoe]

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David,
My original hood tach has the clear plastic insides that you show.The black plastic insides look like a newer tach.Couldn't they both be Dixico made at different times?Earl

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Thats exactly what they are Earl.

[dforsyth]

I do not own the "ebay" tach but another one.
If someone would like to send me a focused pic of the Duece Tach I would appreciate it.
And the article is far from written unless you are including all makes of cars and the years and part numbers for those tachs.
I also am researching the uses for Mopar and Ford.
If this is an early Dixco Tach that is great as it will prove a theory of mine but still does not help me unless I have proof.
The proof being when they changed the style and part numbers on paper.
As you can see it is not as simple as someone saying it is correct. It is only correct if found in documentation.
Thanks
And I am submitting this article to Automobile with several other articles.

[camarojoe]

If the tach you have pictured is not the one that was on ebay a few weeks ago, Where did you get that tach you are posting pics of? Were you the seller of the ebay tach? As for photo clarity, i think the pics are clear enough to see the obvious difference between a real Yenko silkscreened logo and the bad copy you posted pics of.

[dforsyth]

From ebay. But not the one you are showing. Mine must have been silkscreened as it wiped off when I cleaned it. Now it is blank. But the interior is the same as the one shown (with one wire broken off though). The tach restorationist (D&M guage restorations) I am sending it to wanted me to verify the maker of it. This is due to it not being like the black bodied Dixco he normally restores.
The only reason I purchased this for my collection was it was the clear bodied style and I had been told all the Yenko Hood tachs came this way.
thanks

[dforsyth]

I hate to say it but I have never sold one of my hood tachs. I just can't seem to let them go. I will get my wife to take some digitals pics of mine tonight if you would like to see it. Although after cleaning it I broke off the wire accidently and popped a tang off the bezel pulling it apart to clean it.
I used the Ebay pic as it is the same as what was on mine and easier to grab than wait till my wife gets home to take pics. And mine is blank now due to my over cleaning.

[camarojoe]

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mine is blank now due to my over cleaning.

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to quote Homer Simpson... "DOLP!" You better HOPE your tach was homemade like the one on ebay that you posted and claimed was yours. I do not believe the ebay one (the one you posted pics of) was silkscreened. if yours was, and you wiped it off, you possibly ruined the original face logo of a real Deuce tach...

[dforsyth]

DOLP is right. I almost cried. But it only got worse when I broke off the wire. It is the only clear bodied tach I have been able to find and was and is to be the pride of my collection. Next only to my new condition Mopar one (Mopar being silk screened on face).

[Supercar_Kid]

Dave, after receiving tons of valuable information, including a pic of an authentic Deuce tach, you say [ QUOTE ]
As you can see it is not as simple as someone saying it is correct. It is only correct if found in documentation.

[/ QUOTE ] But then go on to add, concerning your own clear bodied tach...[ QUOTE ]
The only reason I purchased this for my collection was it was the clear bodied style and I had been told all the Yenko Hood tachs came this way.

[/ QUOTE ] Hmm...seems "had been told" is good enough for you to buy a tach, but not for you to "buy" what I'm saying. If my info isn't as good as your other sources, I suggest you ask them then.

[dforsyth]

Told was good enough to me to buy it but not good enough to put in an article that I hope to get paid to publish.

A magazine will NOT print an article unless I have something to back it up! That means on paper!
Duh