Modern Tach won't work with points?

[Don W/Norfolk]

Westach has an assortment of 6v & 12v tachs that work with points.
https://www.westach.com/tachometers

[markdtn]

Originally Posted by Don W/Norfolk

Westach has an assortment of 6v & 12v tachs that work with points.
https://www.westach.com/tachometers

Those do look nice. But not exactly what I need.

I am trying to create a "look". I want to as close as possible re-create the proofmeter. So in a perfect world it would be white face with black letters and a black needle with an analog hourmeter. It would have a black bezel, not chrome. That is a pretty easy gauge to find in a Stewart Warner mechanical type, but short of converting a Corvette tach drive distributor there is no way to get a mechanical tach signal on an 8BA that I know of.

The first electric one I got was a Teleflex. It had black face with white letters, white needle, chrome bezel, and analog hourmeter.

The VDO is black face with white letters, white needle, black bezel, and digital hourmeter.

So neither is "perfect" but either would have been "good enough". I think I try a 12V coil next. It is not too hard to convert my wiring to eliminate the ballast resistor.