Re: Want period looking (1940s) vacuum gauge

Posted by su8overdrive On 2024/1/1 20:31:05

Good points. Thought it'd be nice, but i draw the line at an altimeter. I'd hang it from bottom of dash or on the steering column mounted period Stewart-Warner 4,500 rpm tach, an option in many cars in the late '40s, early '50s.

Avantis left the factory with vacuum gauges, as did many other cars, usually higher end, or sport/GT cars. You may recall many new cars in the '70s had vacuum gauges tho' with colored areas, no numbers, for fuel economy after the '73 oil embargo.