Sunday, June 22, 2025

On Thursday I completed my homebrew “Old School” type mount for my inexpensive chrome-bodied tachometer. I had to make a few tweaks to my design, mostly because my tach was , and after a few adjustments, I mounted the tach.

The tach — despite the fact it is an inexpensive one –is performing quite well, and it looks very nice. The all-chrome case with black dial isn’t very common when I browse eBay or Amazon. Of course, the Sun tack clones are out there but you’re looking at upwards of $100.

The mount I made isn’t elegant, but it works well and the tach is solidly mounted on the Old School type of mount.

WHISKEY CITY SUNDAY. Today was the fourth Sunday, and today was the Whiskey City Cruiser’s afternoon. I slept late this morning and nearly decided not to go today. But this morning, the Chevy was still clean after i washed it on Friday, so I decided to go on in.

It was in the mid 90s today, mostly sunny and hot. The gathering shifted, some people who came early left after the first hour or so due mostly to the heat. Not sure of the total number of participants today, but it was still a good time. I hung out under the shade and had a good time talking cars and music with a variety of guys.

CHEVY CONFIDENCE. I know this sounds odd, but one of the issues I have when I have a new-to-me classic car is trust. Will this new classic car breakdown on me? Do all the gauges work?

When I owned my first 55 Chevy 2 door hard top, I eventually went thru the car, top to bottom. Maybe it was just youthful ignorance (I was 19 years old when I bought the car in 1979). But I trusted that car enough to drive it anywhere without reservation. And I had limited problems on those long trips.

And maybe since I’m older, I’m more wary. But the truth is that when you buy a classic car that’s unknown to you, you have to deal with what I call “The Murphy’s Law of Classic Cars:”

“Whatever CAN go wrong (with the car) probably already has, you just haven’t discovered it yet.”

I keep running into issues with the car that predate my purchase, which isn’t really to be unexpected. Sometimes they can be a little confounding, however. But they’re never insurmountable.