ROTUNDA tachometer
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ROTUNDA tachometer
I can use a tachometer in my collector-licensed truck if it was a Ford option, so I have only one choice, the Rotunda. I can't find one so I'm thinking of making a replica. Does anyone know what the Rotunda was made from, maybe Dixco or Sun? Anyone have a good photo of the face? TIA
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Eric, Keep your eyes peeled on Ebay, they come up every now and again. It hasn't been too far back that it was a subject here. That way you could have the real thing. 
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Eric, the tachs were fairly common in the big Ford trucks. Big F-600 dump trucks etc. They were gear driven. The ones that I have seen had a vacuum guage on one side and a tach on the other in non custom cab style dashes. To the best of my knowledge they were never in the pickups.
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Hey Mike, do those say Rotunda on the face? I really only need that piece.
I won't buy anything on Ebay. I've heard too many stories, true or not. But thanks anyways for the advice.
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Give a call to a guy named Mort Burton in Ohio. He only deals in nos and he might have one . Number is 937-890-0635 good luck!
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The tach was not offered as an in-dash option on the pickups. The tachs are found every now and then, but the special distributor that drives it is a rarity. I have heard people using the distb. off a 427 or other large motor, but no matter what, it will not be a stock. Best bet? Get correct size tach, get real creative and have Rotunda etched onto the interior face plate. If you have the non-custom cab dash panel, maybe you could get something that would look like it was born there in one of the circular crease areas.
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