'68 Firebird 400/4-sp Convertible Survivor

[Woj]

Originally Posted by 1967Z28

I don't think I have ever seen a Firebird that had gauges but no tach on the hood.

I guess the gas tank has been out since there is now rubber between the tank and the straps, which is not how they came.

Very interesting. I have a 68 GTO with gauges, but no hood tach. Not sure if that is how Pontiac did the combos or not?

Phil W.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Woj

Very interesting. I have a 68 GTO with gauges, but no hood tach. Not sure if that is how Pontiac did the combos or not?

Phil W.

Typically back then you could mix and match whatever you wanted (ie, not so many "packages" as there are today).

Without verifying my sense is that the hood tach was a stand alone option.

Sidebar: I had a friend that started his career as a GMI student in the Pontiac assembly plant. He commented one time that the hood tach was not a very popular item when first introduced (due to poor reliability) and that there were a ton of parts left over at the end of the model year that had to be disposed of.

K