66 Grande guy wrote:

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 Thanks for clarifying that Vince. I think that might be the confusion.

Actually the trip  would be really cool as long as you're willing wait to a couple of years(and my wife is willing to wait that long to get that rusty piece of !@#$% out of the yard)

I think that would make quite an interesting caravan alright!  It would just go to show that those 67's just didn't last like the 66's!  Heh Heh

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 Well, just couldn't see taking your eyes off the road to look down at your console to see what the engine is reving at... But stranger things.............!!

 AND, maybe people liked driving the '67's more vrs the '66's and they wore out!!!! The '66's just sat until there were no '67's left.. Maybe, maybe??? (Probably not!) (lol)

 

Are you saying one has no adjustable red line?

Ha! Now I see what you mean. I just went back in this thread and looked at your pics. 2 styles of face.

Again I learned something new.

I will dig it out sometime but I have another pic of a 66 tach that I pulled from a 2+2 in 1980. I installed it in my 66 automatic car. I am sure it had a redline as well.

The way it works is, the tach with the full green line is a 1965 EARLY version.

At some time in the 1965 production time, I understand that Pontiac was getting warranty claims from consumers who had over-reved their engines.

The tachs were then configured with the red line (they ALL look orange nowadays!!!).

I don't know the cut-off date from when these tachs went with the red line but to see one with an all green line face is a lot less common than the red line versions.

They pop up on eBay from time to time.

Oz'65 wrote:

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The way it works is, the tach with the full green line is a 1965 EARLY version.

At some time in the 1965 production time, I understand that Pontiac was getting warranty claims from consumers who had over-reved their engines.

The tachs were then configured with the red line (they ALL look orange nowadays!!!).

I don't know the cut-off date from when these tachs went with the red line but to see one with an all green line face is a lot less common than the red line versions.

They pop up on eBay from time to time.

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I knew that story for the GTO's as I had a 65 GTO setup. I never thought of it for the Canadian full size cars. Thanks for the info.

And welcome here! Great to have you on board. We'd love to see any Candadian Poncho stuff from your part of the world.

 

Now that is good to know! Makes perfect sense too! Thanks OZ 65 and welcome aboard!

Thanks for the welcome guys but to be honest, I'm not really a Newbie at all. I had registered on this site a long time ago and did do some posting but for various reasons I just drifted away.

When I tried to log on a while back I couldn't remember any passwords or what e-mail address I might have originally used so I had to sign up again.

In brief, I own a RHD (factory), 1965 Parisienne Convertible, one of 33 built although I don't know whether that was 33 for world sales or 33 for Australia?  Would like to know that????

It's a 327 with powerglide, power windows including the quarter vents and NO RUST. EVER. However it does have a cracked chassis as a result years ago of a fairly major front end collision. I bought it way back in 1985. 12 years ago I took it off the road for repairs and that's how it lies today.

11 years ago I bought a 1965 Bonneville 4DRHT, that looks like junk. However it was factory built with a 421HO Tri-power and every option except A/C. I was going to part it out but decided that I wouldn't. Even though it looks terrible, it too has NO structural rust. Just a lot of surface rust after the previous owner stripped the pain and left it in an open shed for about 10 years.

Then 10 years back I was in Oregon US and saw a 1966 Grand Prix. Brilliant original car but very sick engine. I bought it, shipped it back here, pulled the engine and rebuilt it and have used it extensively on long raod trips throughout Australia.

However you might all be pleased to know that only 3 weeks ago I positioned the Parisienne back in my garage and have started work on it again.

I'll get some pictures together and post them up one day soon

Thier is a differenence between a 65 to 66 tach. 65 iis all green wereas the 66 tach has a coloured red line three of my cars have them. If memory serves me they could be factory ordered or dealer installed.

it still boils down to early and late production cars. Ive got one thatgot a B in the middle of the serial. i would like to figure out the break down.

And I should have mentioned, as confirmed by 66 Grande guy, the brown wire goes to the negative side of the coil, not the positive as shown in the GM wiring diagram showing tach installation.