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Can anyone ID this Tachometer, please?


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As my original request for help in identifying the tachometer on my boat got lost in the recent forum outage (well done in recovering so quickly!), I thought I’d try again.

The boat is a 1980s Bounty 30. The logo on the tacho is very distinctive, but trawling the Web for days has got me nowhere at all in identifying it. The label on the back of the instrument is sufficiently damaged to defy identification.

From the revs = mph sticker, I would think the instrument is the original, from the boat’s days in hire. Neither the builder nor the hire firm remains in business, so I can’t ask them. The engine (which I also think is original) is a GM 1.6D.

Can anyone identify the maker, please?

 

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My Internet and local enquiries have come up blank so far, which is why I I've widen the search for information.  It's easy to replace it with a similar gauge, but I'm now hooked on trying to identify this one. It doesn't seem to be an El Cheapo, and I can't believe mine is the only boat that has one fitted.

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28 minutes ago, WotEver said:

I tried a bunch of different search terms in an image search to find that logo with zero success. As you say, someone must know - the 80’s isn’t that far back. 

Thanks for trying. I found a website dedicated to logos and trawled through thousands, with the same result. I'm hoping that someone, somewhere, recognises the logo, or has a similar gauge (with an intact label) fitted in their boat.

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Ignoring the dial face logo for a moment, the last image has a damaged logo in the corner that reminds me of a windmill and I think one of the big outfits had a windmill in their logo- was it perhaps Ladyline when they were a chandlers?

 

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5 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

The Isspro logo has certain similarities and they make diesel tachos

 

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I know what you mean about the logos, been doing much the same myself.

Yes, similar, but not the same, and what can be seen of the damaged label doesn't lend itself to ISSPRO. I wondered if it might be an old DURITE, but their current logo is nothing like, and the name appears on the front of all their current gauges. Of course, they may have have a different style 30-odd years ago, but I can't fine that either.

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1 hour ago, BEngo said:

Ignoring the dial face logo for a moment, the last image has a damaged logo in the corner that reminds me of a windmill and I think one of the big outfits had a windmill in their logo- was it perhaps Ladyline when they were a chandlers?

 

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Calcutt Boats have a windmill for their logo and specialise in BMC engines. 

 

http://www.calcuttboats.com

 

If the OP's boat has a BMC engine, then perhaps they could help.

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20 hours ago, cuthound said:

 

Calcutt Boats have a windmill for their logo and specialise in BMC engines. 

 

http://www.calcuttboats.com

 

If the OP's boat has a BMC engine, then perhaps they could help.

 

The engine is a GM 1.6D

 

19 hours ago, PaulJ said:

As your dial face/bezel  looks to be in pretty good nick  have you considered swapping just the internals over ? Wouldnt be that hard if its a standard size.

 

If the tacho proves to be defective, it will be replaced with some other brand. I have a Yazaki hour-meter and VDO (also Yazaki-made, I believe) oil pressure and water temperature gauges, so the replacement is likely to be a VDO tacho, which will match in with the others.

 

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