Colored Tach

speedman · speedman's Garage

I have seen pictures of the Singer porsche witht the yellow face tach and was wondering if anyone had any other colors for just the tach. i am thinking of doing mine whits with red numbers

bluesky · 09-19-2010, 11:12 AM

I had white gauges with black numbers and black needles.

....they were much easier to see at night than the stock black that I went back to.

speedman · speedman's Garage

do you have the white faced tach for sale

bluesky · 09-19-2010, 02:02 PM

pm'd you

magnuskgc · 09-19-2010, 02:10 PM

I have seen ones with body color... if you car is orange do orange.. green do green... I think it would look great. Just don't know where to come by them

Ofishbein · Ofishbein's Garage

North Hollywood speedometer would be a good place to start. They can do pretty much whatever you want.

I heard that they did the Heuer clock face on the Singer - I'm guessing they probably did the other dials as well.

JeremyD · JeremyD's Garage

I'll 2nd North Hollywood - They redid mine - with an early car flair

and with the wheel

T77911S · 09-20-2010, 07:08 AM

personally i do not care for painted gages. makes the car look like its been to Kmart for detailing.
those above are interesting. whats the one where the clock use to be?

Canada Kev · 09-20-2010, 11:19 AM

I think he had a thermometer installed there, maybe. They sure do look good.

JeremyD · JeremyD's Garage

Yes sorry for the slow response - it is a VDO outside thermometer. They were an option in the 356's and early 911's. I saw one at the Porsche Parade in Ft. Worth a few years ago and wanted one.

I also replaced my oil level gauge (rt side of the gas gauge) with a voltmeter - something that's sorely missing on these cars

Schwarzeritter · 09-20-2010, 12:22 PM

Yes, I have over the years had a few. Most of my cars are running are running retrofitted interior LED bulbs. ( This alone makes the standard gauges pop twice as much, very crisp and vivid. Depends of if you feel it's distracting.

I have used, RED, INDY PINK, Yellow, my familys color/blue, a verity. But I strongly recommend you think about if the look matchs you're and how things contrast or work. Sometimes original is best, especially on a very vintage looking interior. If you have a very flashy or aggressive or modern sporty look it can look very nice. I think on the very early Pre-74's a more civil calm balenced scheme works being period correct feels best to me, on the late 70's or 90's stuff depending on color, interior, and so on you can get away with more.