You are correct in that I over reacted to LAT 22A. My appologizes
tp those
offended. In my early Tiger days, everyone used the Sun
Super tach in almose
every car.
Later some people were using tachs from a TR8. Perfect fit and
already for a V8. Donor TR8's are very tough tp find.
Dave
________________________________
From: Jim <jim@island.net>
To: David T
Johnson <djoh797014@yahoo.com>; owain.lloyd@gmail.com; wsamouce
<wsamouce@kc.rr.com>
Cc: Tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010
11:10:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Tigers] AutoMeter 8000 Cobra Tach
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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