Cobra Tachometer (66 Dealer Option)

[66Uncut]

I've seen mention of the Cobra Tachometer in some of the old rare 66 Parts threads and was curious if this is the tach that was a dealer installed option?

There's a few on eBay right now but they're all for V8.

Was this just a dealer option after the 289 was offered? Was there also a 6 cylinder version?

 

[okie4570]

This was in 1/66' dealer literature.

 

[66Uncut]

This was in 1/66' dealer literature.

Cool, I've seen that brochure but wasn't sure of the date it was released. Good to know it predates the 289 so most likely a 6 cylinder tach existed.

The logo on the drawing sure looks similar to the Cobra logo on the V8 tach.

I wonder if there was there any other literature that specifically mentioned the dealer option as being a Cobra tach or if it had a specific FoMoCo part number?

EDIT:

Found a part number:

C5AZ17A326B - Tach / I-6, 6,000 RPM-Cobra on dial face.

Source: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/819009-1966-f100-tach.html#post7110324

 

[jeffncs]

I’m a mustang guy too…. I thought the straight 6 tachs stopped at 6k and the v8 tachs went to 8k…. Maybe that’s just the mustang rallypac. Super cool either way!

 

[thegreatjustino]

I’m a mustang guy too…. I thought the straight 6 tachs stopped at 6k and the v8 tachs went to 8k…. Maybe that’s just the mustang rallypac. Super cool either way!

Only the K code cars had an 8K tach in the rally pac