Re: buying old tachs and gauges- smart or dumb

[Joey <jake4@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Neal,

 I have purchased a couple of old mechanical tachs from swap meets and then
sent them out to be recalibrated. I can't recall right now the name of the
company but it is located in Norwalk Conn, they rebuild and restore Jones
mechanicals and the last one they did for me they even supplied a new
Duffy's decal for the face, that has been some years ago though, I talked
with a guy there who told me they own all of the Jones patents etc. I do
have an old Direct Connection electric tach for tach drive distributors with
the sending unit still in the box if you are interested.

Joey Lemire
P.S. The name of the company might Electronic Indicators in Norwalk, Conn
but I can't be 100 percent sure.





 ----- Original Message -----
From: "neal zimmerman" <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "1962to1965mopars" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 9:56 AM
Subject: buying old tachs and gauges- smart or dumb


> I have been scanning ebay for old vintage tachs and oil pressure gauges.
>   I have  two  old 440 dual point  distributors with mechanical tach
> drive take offs, so I would like to find an old mechanical drive tach.
>    I definitely want a mechanical oil pressure gauge as well.
>      Now everybody locally tells me to just buy new electric gauges,
> BUT, I dont want to do it that way, I want to do it the hard way. And
> of course they are trying to sell me new gauges.
>      For gods sake the car is a 62 dart, I want it to look vintage/old
> school, not some big dopey white face tach with a giant shift light
> on the side of it.
>    An old Sun or stewart warner from the era would look too cool.
>   BUT .....what are my chances of an old tach or oil pressure gauge
> being in working condition.??
>   neal zimmerman, eugene oregon


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