Early bay tach how to (pic heavy) FAQ

Thrasher22 · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:06 pm Post subject:

This is easily my favorite bus mod I've seen, well done! I'm curious how other materials will work.
I'll definitely be attempting this at some point in the future.

RocketSurgeon · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:18 pm Post subject:

obnoxiousblue · Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:59 pm Post subject:

I just had an epiphany...

Late Bay Clock

I'm going to try and make one... I'll be wasting my Monday morning with Photoshop Smile

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Stuartzickefoose · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:26 pm Post subject:

obnoxiousblue · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:41 am Post subject:

I've got a tach now... It suffered an internal short last year and I never replaced it because frankly I never used it. I learned to drive stick by soun in my 71 Super.
I'd figured I wouldfill the void ith a clock, but they never turn up Roy d here at swaps and (though there are two in the classifieds now)there's usually squat there, or they're punishingly expensive.
I've been playing with this in Real Draw and I've got the face layed out, looking great (getting the lines and dimensions was a bit of work, but not hard)
Problem m facin is the font for the numbers.
I messaged the OP and he's going to see if he can send them, else, I'll have to trace and make my own.

Though, I saw the Stratomaster mod yesterday nd wouldn't mid hoeing that in either...
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Aspro · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:49 am Post subject:

Looks good but it doesn't light up. How can you see it in the dark?

rovnrev · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:41 am Post subject:

this is super helpful, just saw an open package clearance sunpro at the store
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kevinj73us · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:57 am Post subject:

hippyvanman · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:03 pm Post subject:

Hey guys. Just did this myself but on my LATE BAY. Did quite a bit of cleaning up and modifying it via photoshop to make it match the Late Bay. Included below is the tach in a word document WHICH IS THE CORRECT SIZE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT AND THEN PRINT, CUT AND THERE YOU GO Cheers to all my Late Bay Comrades!!

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2-r6g6mc9HMVFkwQVVja3R5MEU/edit?usp=sharing
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obnoxiousblue · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:43 pm Post subject:

Id still love to find the correct font.
I applaud your effort, but it comes through pretty pixelated still.
Would be awesome if we could make it in a vector format just for clarity sake.
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Stuartzickefoose · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:04 pm Post subject:

very cool looking, but the low pixel count is a bit of a turn off Sad

can anyone else clean that up now that there is a base for the picture to work with? or can the original poster clean it up?
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notchboy · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:14 pm Post subject:

Im always one for innovation to make the part you need. But for a late bay its hard to beat a tach thats already made.

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airschooled · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:17 pm Post subject:

What is that tach from???? My PO gave me one with the bus, because he couldn't cut enough of my early dash to get it to fit right!! Shocked

Also, I guess I have an extra late bay tach now Smile

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notchboy · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:23 pm Post subject:

Stuartzickefoose · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:42 pm Post subject:

the other one to use is the VDO tach thats 3 and 1/8 inch or 3/8s inch (cant recall which) and it looks great in the dash too.
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chabanais · Samba Member Joined: July 27, 2002 Posts: 4866

Nice!

I bought this one:

I have a rare gas heater/timer clock so I'm going to install some custom idiot lights into the gauge cluster so I can have a clock, trip speedo, and tach.
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obnoxiousblue · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:43 am Post subject:

kevinj73us · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:44 am Post subject:

This thread mentions using Chrysler Condensed with some tweaks:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=481493

I tried converting the original jpg posted in this thread to a vector using Inkscape's trace tool but it comes out a little fuzzy.

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obnoxiousblue · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:12 am Post subject:

Cool. Ill play with it a bit tonight.
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Chip Fuchs · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:47 pm Post subject:

Would anyone be able to make me one for my 71 bus?

Just tell me how much it is shipped to FL!

Would be nice to put in my off road bus!!!
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