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  • Thad L.
    Expired
    • April 30, 1999
    • 168

    68-74 tach- speedo needles

    Maybe Joe Lucia can help? Some guy on ebay is auctioning off a new pair of these needles. The box looks new style but does not show the part number. Are these still avaliable from GM? I tried to look them up this morning along with my parts guy but no luck. Thanks Thad
  • Joe L.
    Beyond Control Poster
    • February 1, 1988
    • 43193

    #2
    Re: 68-74 tach- speedo needles

    Thad-----

    Most instrument and radio repair parts were never available through regular GM parts channels. They were supplied to independent instrument repair shops and AC-Delco Authorized Instrument Repair centers through some sort of "secondary" parts distribution system which GM operates. I don't know if these parts come out of regular GM parts warehouses or not. I know that they will not be found in P&A Catalogs or price schedules. However, the parts are supplied in "contemporary" GM or Delco parts boxes.

    Most of the instrument repair parts are no longer available through GM or AC-Delco inasmuch as The Delco Electronics Division, which was the last GM internal manufacturer of the parts, is now part of DELPHI and has discontinued producing these parts.

    I don't know, for sure, if these needles are discontinued, or not. But, I suspect that they are discontinued. Just in case, I bought some of them from "that guy on eBay".
    In Appreciation of John Hinckley

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    • Joe L.
      Beyond Control Poster
      • February 1, 1988
      • 43193

      #3
      Re: 68-74 tach- speedo needles

      Thad-----

      Most instrument and radio repair parts were never available through regular GM parts channels. They were supplied to independent instrument repair shops and AC-Delco Authorized Instrument Repair centers through some sort of "secondary" parts distribution system which GM operates. I don't know if these parts come out of regular GM parts warehouses or not. I know that they will not be found in P&A Catalogs or price schedules. However, the parts are supplied in "contemporary" GM or Delco parts boxes.

      Most of the instrument repair parts are no longer available through GM or AC-Delco inasmuch as The Delco Electronics Division, which was the last GM internal manufacturer of the parts, is now part of DELPHI and has discontinued producing these parts.

      I don't know, for sure, if these needles are discontinued, or not. But, I suspect that they are discontinued. Just in case, I bought some of them from "that guy on eBay".
      In Appreciation of John Hinckley

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      • Thad L.
        Expired
        • April 30, 1999
        • 168

        #4
        Thanks Joe! *NM*

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        • Thad L.
          Expired
          • April 30, 1999
          • 168

          #5
          Thanks Joe! *NM*

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          • Jack H.
            Extremely Frequent Poster
            • April 1, 1990
            • 9906

            #6
            Re: Thanks Joe!

            Speedo/tach needles (pointers) are available through independent AC-Delco/United Delco speedometer shops, but it'll be what a given shop has left as old stock. Our shop in Denver has a few sets for various years. But, the Catch-22 is they ain't cheap running something like $40 apiece for Shark era pointers. They ARE being reproduced and the reproduction price is much less. Last, if the pointer gets swapped out, you need to have the speedo/tach recalibrated since subtle differences in pointer weight affect guage accuracy.

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            • Jack H.
              Extremely Frequent Poster
              • April 1, 1990
              • 9906

              #7
              Re: Thanks Joe!

              Speedo/tach needles (pointers) are available through independent AC-Delco/United Delco speedometer shops, but it'll be what a given shop has left as old stock. Our shop in Denver has a few sets for various years. But, the Catch-22 is they ain't cheap running something like $40 apiece for Shark era pointers. They ARE being reproduced and the reproduction price is much less. Last, if the pointer gets swapped out, you need to have the speedo/tach recalibrated since subtle differences in pointer weight affect guage accuracy.

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              • Jeff A.
                Expired
                • December 1, 2001
                • 95

                #8
                Re: 68-74 tach- speedo needles

                I got a 70 needle from Eklers and I bet D&M Restorations would have them.

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                • Jeff A.
                  Expired
                  • December 1, 2001
                  • 95

                  #9
                  Re: 68-74 tach- speedo needles

                  I got a 70 needle from Eklers and I bet D&M Restorations would have them.

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