Jim:
The "fake" LAT-22 tach thread evidently started with Dave mis-reading my post
to Duke about him inventing the "LAT-22A" tach. There was no attempt by me to
characterize it to be a LAT-22 tach. It was a joke that was apparently
mis-understood. As for the tach in question, all the parties involved in it's
creation did a magnificent job on it! If one of those would have been offered
by Rootes, I'm sure it would have looked just like that.
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
B382001600LRXFE
---- Jim <jim@island.net> wrote:
> I'm not sure where this fake LAT 22 talk came from... All Paul, Duke and I
> did was take a modern 8k tach and make it match the look of a stock Tiger 5k
> tach ... not calling it LAT anything...(although didn't someone jokingly
> call it an LAT22 'A' ?) What Rootes did was offer a recalibrated 7k
> Sprite/Midget tach that looked nothing like the original... but of course,
> yes, it would be concours correct.
> I DO plan to assemble and sell at least one more beyond the one going in my
> car. I sent Paul a few extra faces to be redone for that purpose.
>
> Jim
> B382000446
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of David T Johnson
> Sent: September 13, 2010 7:55 AM
> To: owain.lloyd@gmail.com; wsamouce
> Cc: Tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] AutoMeter 8000 Cobra Tach
>
> True Story
>
> John Clegg ex Rootes engineer who worked on the prototype
> John
> sow live in souithern IN. John said Rootes would let anyone
> take the cars for
> a weekend. Soon they were being erturned with
> notes: "engine runs rough.
> Miss in Engine. Etc' The Rootes realized the
> problem and added a warning to
> the cars. 'This is an American V-8.
> DO NOT shift at 6000 RPM like the Alpine
> 4 cyl.
>
> As to the lister who commented about concurs. I the list has
> issues
> with Algers being passed as Tigers, the same issues
> apply here. Put any tach
> you want in your car, But don't
> call it a LAT 22 tach unless it really is.
> LAT 22 systle is OK.
> Personally I prefer the Sun Tach that was an option jsut
> like Ken Bishop's MK II
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From:
> Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>
> To: wsamouce <wsamouce@kc.rr.com>
> Cc:
> Tigers@autox.team.net
> Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 8:42:52 AM
> Subject: Re:
> [Tigers] AutoMeter 8000 Cobra Tach
>
> looks great!
> someone should sell them
> ready made.
>
> but are you really revving your stock 260 to 6k?
>
> i have my rev
> limit set to 6200 and use the stock tach. i just know roughly
> where the
> needle is in the black bit after the red line for 6000 and i'm so
> used to the
> sound of the engine at 6000-6200 that i normally don't need to
> look at the
> tach. but if i could buy a drop in replacement that looked
> right for 8k, i
> would do so.
>
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:04 PM, wsamouce <wsamouce@kc.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks to Paul Breuhan (prbreuhan@hotmail.com), I am happy with the
> > appearance and PERFECT function of the electronic AutoMeter Cobra 8000 RPM
> >
> Tach.
> >
> > A very affordable option to all of the original tach problems. We
> ended up
> > using a Alpine tach face and Paul's custom silk screening.
> >
> >
> >
> Check links for pictures.
> >
> >
> http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy249/samouce/012-1.jpg
> >
> >
> http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy249/samouce/011.jpg
> >
> > Thanks again
> Paul... and Jim!
> >
> > Duke
> > B382002037
> >
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