traintech55
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Alright, a dirty joke about a Panda eating popcorn, don't keep us waiting.
I finished building my 69 fury dash Tach today
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MarPar
Meat Man with a Hat
So a panda, a monkey and a dog walk into a bar...
Wollfen
Old Man with a Hat
Two farm boys travel to town to sell their families chickens....
MarPar
Meat Man with a Hat
For the center button perhaps various tacks. Probs too rounded.
https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Stain...ocphy=9008062&hvtargid=pla-350734758368&psc=1
Or maybe a punch and thin aluminum or flashing
https://www.amazon.com/Leather-Kang...UTF8&qid=1535510867&sr=1-5&keywords=8mm+punch
Or maybe metal sequins or sequin cloth.
https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Stain...ocphy=9008062&hvtargid=pla-350734758368&psc=1
Or maybe a punch and thin aluminum or flashing
https://www.amazon.com/Leather-Kang...UTF8&qid=1535510867&sr=1-5&keywords=8mm+punch
Or maybe metal sequins or sequin cloth.
traintech55
Senior Member
AND!
MarPar
Meat Man with a Hat
Well I finally got my new and improved tach graphics this weekend and I put one together tonight . It looks much closer to original this time. It is a 2 step process : first you put a black vinyl backing (sticker) over the clock face . Secondly you lay the white graphics (numbers) on the black tack face. The numbers and line marks are very close to the original . I had 10 extra graphic sets made up for those who want some
CanCritter
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70NEWYORKER
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Most likely : Good Job!!!
Badvert65
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If you go to Lowes, or most any hardware store, in the specialty fastener drawers, they have small plastic plugs in black or white. I am pretty certain you could find one to plug the dash hole and it would look factory-ish.
I have the punch set already and tried it but the punched out button just looked off ,cheap looking. I hit the hobby shops and they had a few things that were close. But the best looking so far was a chrome button from the Center of a wall mart wall clock. Maybe a alarm clock button would work.
There is a vinyl repair/ restoration fella here that can Restore the hole with the same grain and colour in the plastic so good that you would never know it was there. He repairs Dashes , arm rests, redies door panels , repairs plastic grills all that sort of thing. He is extremely busy.
Very nice. I noticed on the earlier version, the meter scale was linear and matched the scale on the 0-8000 tach. The latest version however has a non-linear, almost log type scale which seems match the factory tach. Just curious why you switched scale designs.
The clock adjuster stem hole probably needs to be filled and hidden rather than just plugged because it's offset from center. Maybe try a clock adjuster to see how it looks.
The clock adjuster stem hole probably needs to be filled and hidden rather than just plugged because it's offset from center. Maybe try a clock adjuster to see how it looks.
The silver 2” tach I’m useing has the identical 180 degree sweep from 0-6000 rpm as the original tach and lends itself well to the factory graphics of the tach face.the tach goes up to 8000 but I will never go past 6000 rpm so I’m not worried about the needle going past 180 deg . I wanted the graphics to look as close as Possible to the original graphics because that’s how the originals are. When someone looks into my car I want it to be hard for them to tell it’s not a factory tach. It will work well for what I want it to do . The clock adjuster hole will get filled in by a friend that does plastic repair/restoration.Very nice. I noticed on the earlier version, the meter scale was linear and matched the scale on the 0-8000 tach. The latest version however has a non-linear, almost log type scale which seems match the factory tach. Just curious why you switched scale designs.
The clock adjuster stem hole probably needs to be filled and hidden rather than just plugged because it's offset from center. Maybe try a clock adjuster to see how it looks.
Where do I send you money to have you do this magical feat of wizardry?
I think we just need to break bread together some time. LOL
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