VDO ~ VW Type 3- 34 Tachometer Drehzahlmesser Discussion

VDO ~ VW Type 3-34 Tachometer (Drehzahlmesser) Discussion

As shared on http://www.vwtype3.org

Early grey face VDO accessory T-3 tach

T-34 tach ~ Gossen tach that will fit T-3 ~ Late black face VDO accessory tach

Another grey face VDO accessory (12 volt) ~Everett

Q:

   A while ago some one posted a link to a web site that showed a tach installed

   into a stock clock. it was a pretty cool setup, anyone have that info

   anymore?

   cesaro suma cesarosumability(at)hotmail.com

A:-http://www.geocities.com/SixtyNineNotch/tach/

I'm glad some of you are getting some useful info from my site.

   Freddie Lochner" <SixtyNineNotch(at)hotmail.com>

  -There was one available as an accessory. It was made by VDO, and went

   in exactly where the clock is. I have owned one. It had the same mounting

   clips as the T-3 clock. I do not remember if it had a 311 part number.

   It may have been a ZVP or ZVW number.

   -- Russ Wolfe  '66 FB MT  '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running)

   russw(at)classicvw.org  http://www.classicvw.org

  -OK... Russ gets a definite Maybe!  I have no doubt that the dealer had

   Availability to Tach's that would fit the hole if someone wanted one

   (and had the $$) but Clips?  that gets further toward a Type 3 part but

   I could see them being used as a universal application. I would say a

   Z part number would qualify... so I guess the guessing goes on.

   How many customers got these Russ?

   --Keith Park Top Notch Restorations

   topnotch(at)nycap.rr.com

  -If I remember, I probably only put in a couple. Most VW customers back

   in the '60's were only interested basic transportation. "Get me from

   point "A" to point "B", the cheapest way possible." Not many put

   accessories such as tach's in their cars.

   -- Russ Wolfe

  -VDO made, marketed, and sold a version specifically for type 3s.

   I believe it was made to exactly match the other type 3 instruments

   which they also made and sold thru VW. I believe they had the exact

   clips that were needed for a "proper" type 3 installation.

   No way was this any kind of universal tach. Of course they made

   and sold those also, but the type 3 ones were different.

   I've no doubt that they did the same for other makes also, but

   I don't remember seeing those in the ads. My mind just didn't

   focus on them the same way.  ;-)

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   Jim Adney, jadney(at)vwtype3.org

   Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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  -There was also Type 34 tach, made by VDO to fit the dash hole with the

   proper Type 34 clips. It also had a kind of dent in it so the wiper

   mechanism didn't collide with it.

   Daniel Baum  1969 Type 34 automatic

   Email: daniel(at)type34.info  Homepage: http://www.type34.info

  -I had assumed that the type 34 clips were the same as the other type 3 clips.

   -- Jim Adney

  -No. The Type 34 has L-shaped clips which are fastened by knurled nuts.

   The clips are not an integral part of the instrument. Behind each

   instrument there are two long threads onto which you slip the clips

   and then screw them down with the nut. The clips go into a metal frame

   behind the dash.

-- Daniel Baum

  -They don't have VW numbers on them because they were not a factory part

   (except for the type 34s.) They are not in the type 3 parts books or

   microfiche (except for type 34s) Type 34s have a separate microfiche

   for all those parts which are different from the other type 3s, so what

   you have to do in a type 34 parts search is look for that part in the

   type 34 book first and if you don't find it there you look in the general

   type 3 book. There are no references to type 34s in the general type 3 book.

   VDO changed their numeral styles several times. There are at least

   2 different versions of black faced type 3 instruments. Is it possible

   that the black faced tachs you've seen were of one style, while the

   instruments you have are the other style?

   None of these (except for type 34s) would have VW numbers on them because

   they were never sold by VW. They were only sold by VDO for VWs. Dealers

   could still buy them, but not from VW.

   -- Jim Adney

  -Yes. They changed colour for the '66 model year from bronze to silver.

   The Type 34 tach was not standard equipment, and, as far as I can see,

   doesn't appear as a factory option in the parts book. Apparently it was

   an aftermarket VDO tach in the same way as the Type 3 one was.

Into other instruments ~

  -Also, (going back to an older thread) there was never a Type 34 speedo

   with trip meter, not even as an option or after market replacement.

   No one has ever seen one, AFAIK.

   -- Daniel Baum

   A nice close-up of my clock face for those of you who have never seen Type 34

   instruments in detail. This is a late-model, silver knob clock. The earlier ones

   had a bronze coloured knob.

   -- Daniel Baum

Photo of T-34 gauges from the Type 34 Registry: http://www.type34.org

-Here they are. These are '65 only. In the earlier models the speedo was the

   same size as the clock and fuel gauge.

   http://www.type34.info/temp/65instruments.jpg

   -- Daniel Baum

  -I did a clock-->tach conversion for my Notch ('73, black face, KMH,

   red needled instruments) a few years back.

   --David Walters  '73 1600 L Notch S. FL, USA

   firestation10a(at)ci.miami.fl.us

http://vwtype3.org/tech/tach/

  -Maybe you are talking about me.  This web site has pictures of the one that

   I made using a new VDO tach and a clock.

   -- Dave Rosso Pittsburgh, PA  ‘69 Fastback crosso(at)stargate.net

http://www.vwtype3.anomalous.net/Rosso%20interior.htm

  -This is a Gossen.  Nothing to do with Type 3's other than it will probably fit in the hole.

   --Keith

  - The text says that it just as well be from a NSU as a VW.

   --PerL 73 Variant L  lindgre(at)online.no

-As seen on E-bay 2-5-03 sold $215

Here you can bid for this nice grey reproduction tach for your volkswagen type 3, type 34 or karmann ghia.

It is a high quality 12V electronic tachometer made by VDO with the design of the old VW instruments.

The part is NEW in the box!