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    Offline ChallengerHK

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    NOS Dixco hood tach
    « on: April 01, 2012 - 05:58:30 PM »
    I'm seeing prices all over the place from $200 to $1500. Anybody have any idea what they're really going for?

    And while I'm at it, a couple of years ago I wondered aloud what a hood tach would look like on a TA hood. Somebody back them said they thought they had a pic of just such a setup. Anybody have one?
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #1 on: April 01, 2012 - 07:54:25 PM »
    You can get a new copy fairly reasonable
    http://www.mfsperformance.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3

    I wonder how that might mount in the back of the scoop  :clueless:
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #2 on: April 01, 2012 - 09:41:14 PM »
    Quote from: Bullitt- on April 01, 2012 - 07:54:25 PM
    You can get a new copy fairly reasonable
    http://www.mfsperformance.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3

    I wonder how that might mount in the back of the scoop  :clueless:


    Yeah, my thought was that it wouldn't fit well, but a couple of people said they liked the idea, and someone said they had a pic and it looked great.

    I have an NOS Mopar branded unit and I'm trying to decide if I want to sell it.
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012 - 05:15:32 PM »
    I'd sell it.

    They never came on Mopars and I think they look kinda goofy on our cars (Pontiac wanna-be???).
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #4 on: April 23, 2012 - 09:36:54 PM »
    I saw a show on TV called American Muscle Car and in an episode talking about 71 mopars they show a 1971 440 cuda with a hood mounted tach made by Dixco that says HT/x on it.  The car has a non-rally dash.  I had never seen that done before.  Real?  An add on?  They say the car is a very rare example, and they call the tach "mounted" but they don't say anything about whether or not the factory did it.  Is it possible the factory mounted a tach like this on only one, or a couple cars?
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012 - 09:44:01 PM »
    As far as I know (which is not very far) none of these came on cars from the factory. I ordered mine from Direct Connection, around 1983. At the same time, as I'm fond of saying, I think you could get the factory to put on any part that would fit, for a price, so I'd never rule it out completely. And one final thing is that years ago, many magazines and books called items "factory original" even if they were dealer-installed; they just didn't make the distinction.

    I started a thread under For Trade to see what kind of interesting thing I might be able to trade mine for.
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012 - 12:29:43 AM »
    I guess when I think of hood tachs I immediately think of the first gen Firebirds and '68 and up GTOs.

    Do you have any pics you can post of a Mopar with a hood tach?  :clueless:
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #7 on: April 24, 2012 - 03:45:40 AM »
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #8 on: April 24, 2012 - 09:44:33 AM »
    Quote from: TinCuda on April 24, 2012 - 03:45:40 AM
    Good info in this link...

    http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=4951.0



    Cool, thanks for the info!  :thumbsup:

    The coolness factor is definately there.  It's not like putting a big honking Autometer Tach on your hood, looks more stealthy.

    I found a pics, on a boxy car it looks a little out of place, IMO...



    Pic from the driver's seat of a Dodge Dart with hood scoop.

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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #9 on: April 24, 2012 - 10:57:13 AM »
    This is the pic that TorOrange sent Me.
    « Last Edit: April 24, 2012 - 12:51:06 PM by ChallengerHK »
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #10 on: April 24, 2012 - 11:52:09 PM »
    It's ok, just weird looking aftering seeing so many E-bodies/Mopars without one.  It sort of breaks up the clean lines.  Don't know why they look more at home on a Pontiac, maybe just not used to it.  :dunno:
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #11 on: April 24, 2012 - 11:55:33 PM »
    I think it would work if it was lower and wider, I.e. shaped more like the TA scoop. As it is, yeah, it breaks up the lines badly.
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #12 on: April 25, 2012 - 04:31:46 AM »
    Quote from: ChallengerHK on April 24, 2012 - 10:57:13 AM
    This is the pic that TorOrange sent Me.

    I think it looks good with the black hood and scoop.  I would have to see it on a color to see what I think. 


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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #13 on: April 25, 2012 - 01:40:45 PM »
    Wasn't Hemiken looking for one of these a while back?
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    Re: NOS Dixco hood tach
    « Reply #14 on: April 25, 2012 - 01:47:14 PM »
    NOt a fan.  Cherry bombs or side-pipes were period-correct aftermarket add-ons, but does not make them any cooler on a Mopar.
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