Most popular tach in the 70's and other stuff

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340duster said:
That decal was on my 1970 Duster when I bought it back in 1983! great post! brings back memories. Because I was in second round of the musclecar thing in the eighties (that god i was too young for the boogie van deal!!), I installed a sun super tach II. I found another Tach and for nostalgia, I am going to install it in my current duster project.
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I currently have the bunny on my Scamp...
 

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hey don't forget ansen sprint and keystone classics and the daisy (200s) american racing equip rims , american's bearclaw they took the place of torq thrust rims in the racing world .
 
I had a Super Tach in the late 80's on my 71 Pontiac. I remember unscrewing the worm clamp to sell it for gas money one night. I wish I still had it.
 
May not have been the "most popular", but certainly the coolest!:

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I had a Sun Super Tach in my first car.
Been looking for something to go in the Dart.
Just found it. Thanks
 
Sun Super for sure
under dash 8 track
wasn't much for decals but had a fender emblem I loved on my 68 Super Bee simply said HEMI
 
Oh BOY! .... like you're asking (what was automotive "fashion" in the '70s?
Well, P/S was HUGE then so a lot of guys tries to emulate them. To that end, you'd get:

Sun tachs, as mentioned (S-W was second)
Sun gauges with blue backlighting (looking to buy them now, BTW)
gold anodized valvecovers,
oversized rear tires (l60.15s if you could fit 'em)
vertical gate shifters (racing auto trans weren't fully developed)
"Lakewood" bolt-in roll bars
8-track players
white headers & undercarriage
solid lifter cams
Accel coil & wires
Mallory or Accel distributors
Cragar S/Ss in front, Ansen slotted wheels in the rear
hood scoops of various styles. Usually to copy the P/S cars
"Purple Hornies" glasspacks---Thrush 'glasspacks if you were poor
"flex-a-Lite" 'glass fans
'most anything by "Moroso"
pinstriping
cool-cans
braided lines (as it was new stuff then)
airshocks
bolt-on traction bars (usually "Lakewood"
NMW ladder bars
Edelbrock "tarantula" manifolds
(for Mopars) STR or Weiand manifolds.

Did I leave anything out!!:D
 
hemicop said:
Oh BOY! .... like you're asking (what was automotive "fashion" in the '70s?
Well, P/S was HUGE then so a lot of guys tries to emulate them. To that end, you'd get:

Sun tachs, as mentioned (S-W was second)
Sun gauges with blue backlighting (looking to buy them now, BTW)
gold anodized valvecovers,
oversized rear tires (l60.15s if you could fit 'em)
vertical gate shifters (racing auto trans weren't fully developed)
"Lakewood" bolt-in roll bars
8-track players
white headers & undercarriage
solid lifter cams
Accel coil & wires
Mallory or Accel distributors
Cragar S/Ss in front, Ansen slotted wheels in the rear
hood scoops of various styles. Usually to copy the P/S cars
"Purple Hornies" glasspacks---Thrush 'glasspacks if you were poor
"flex-a-Lite" 'glass fans
'most anything by "Moroso"
pinstriping
cool-cans
braided lines (as it was new stuff then)
airshocks
bolt-on traction bars (usually "Lakewood"
NMW ladder bars
Edelbrock "tarantula" manifolds
(for Mopars) STR or Weiand manifolds.

Did I leave anything out!!:D
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Yes you did! Air shocks. Missed it sorry.
 
I'd be curious to know what those mods cost today versus what they cost back then?
 
Forgot sidepipes. Can't add much since I was just a young pup in the 70's, but I hear you on not wanting the new retro looking stuff. I have a early 70's underdash fm 8 track in my 1967 Dart, my one concession to the digital age is a redirad so I can play my mp3 player through the FM radio in the 8 track player.
 
Sun super tach,
Realistic FM converters , or reslistic 8 tracks
Prismatic tape decals with the car name on them.
Cragar S/S wheels
 
***, gas, or grass...nobody rides for free.
 

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Lots of good ones! "Back in the day" (I know you guys don't like that phrase) I managed a speed shop for a few years. At that time the Sun Super Tach was king for the street with Stewart Warner gauges. If you were a racer, you had a Moroso direct drive tach. Accel Ignition was just becoming popular as well as Comp Cams. Cragar SS wheels were tops and Appliance headers were tops for the street. The racers always ran Hookers. We sold so many top brands but our electronics sucked. We had Kraco. I always had Craig Powerplay 8 tracks. I never liked the cassettes and it was too early for CD's. Every box of parts had a sticker. Cheap advertising for the manufacturers. Oh ya, Vic Edelbrock visited my store for a open house we had. Cool thing!
 
My 72 Duster 340 had an in dash Sparkomatic am/fm cassette with under dash 8 track, 40 watt power booster tied to 4 Pioneer 3 way speakers, a 40 channel cb to keep in touch with my crusing buddies, sun super tach II, and both rear side windows were full of stickers to broadcast what was under the hood. I could rattle my mirrors with those pioneers and power booster, and the rest of the car with that ratty General Kinetics cam. Good times
 
Been awhile since I drug these out.
 

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Don't know how many hooked one of these up, but you would be hard pressed to find one now. Imagine...cruise control for under 5 bucks.
 

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hemicop said:
Oh BOY! .... like you're asking (what was automotive "fashion" in the '70s?
Well, P/S was HUGE then so a lot of guys tries to emulate them. To that end, you'd get:

Sun tachs, as mentioned (S-W was second)
Sun gauges with blue backlighting (looking to buy them now, BTW)
gold anodized valvecovers,
oversized rear tires (l60.15s if you could fit 'em)
vertical gate shifters (racing auto trans weren't fully developed)
"Lakewood" bolt-in roll bars
8-track players
white headers & undercarriage
solid lifter cams
Accel coil & wires
Mallory or Accel distributors
Cragar S/Ss in front, Ansen slotted wheels in the rear
hood scoops of various styles. Usually to copy the P/S cars
"Purple Hornies" glasspacks---Thrush 'glasspacks if you were poor
"flex-a-Lite" 'glass fans
'most anything by "Moroso"
pinstriping
cool-cans
braided lines (as it was new stuff then)
airshocks
bolt-on traction bars (usually "Lakewood"
NMW ladder bars
Edelbrock "tarantula" manifolds
(for Mopars) STR or Weiand manifolds.

Did I leave anything out!!:D
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Still have a flex-a-lite glass fan somewhere. Didn't move enough air so put a stainless steel flex fan on. Still using it. The tarantula manifold I still have on the engine.
 
Don't forget the wild colored fake fur on the package shelf.

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Wide tires that stuck out beyond the wheel wells.

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Aftermarket small diameter dished 3 spoke chrome steering wheels (sometimes with metalflake or made from chain).

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bobbing head dogs on the package shelf.

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Fiberglass flex fans (usually green or orange).

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Beer tapper, pool ball, and piston shaped shifter handles.

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