[Tigers] AutoMeter 8000 Cobra Tach

[Jim]

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 at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of David T Johnson
Sent: September 13, 2010 7:55 AM
To: owain.lloyd at gmail.com; wsamouce
Cc: Tigers at 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

 



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From:
Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd at gmail.com>
To: wsamouce <wsamouce at kc.rr.com>
Cc:
Tigers at 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 at kc.rr.com>
wrote:

> Thanks to  Paul Breuhan (prbreuhan at 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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