Alterate Tach Location?

[ChevLoRay]

When GM mounted those tachs in Malibus like that pic had, all we thought at the time was, "it's got a tach". Mfr's didn't have tachs as standard equipment. If you had a Grand Prix (Pontiac), a Star Fire (Olds) or a Wildcat (Buick), it would be mounted on the console....if it had a stick. If it was an automatic, you got a vacuum guage. Regardless, until Pontiac put the tach in a pod on the hood....in front of the driver....finding the tach was difficult if you were serious about using one. In those cases, they got mounted where you could see them, and where you could show it off....on top of the dash and offset just a touch.