Elio Gauge Cluster - Lord Elgin? - Other Options?

[outsydthebox]

Same here. I'll take the dash as it comes. I will decide after using it for a while, if I'm changing it out or not!

I'm with you. I don't care what kind of dash it has & frankly, don't really care what color Elio I get. As I have always bought used...VERY used, "color" has never been an option....actually, "OPTIONS" have never been an option! I will add what I want later.

 

[Elio Amazed]

Because part of this thread's title is "Other Options", I'm posting my idea for a compromise here too.

I suggest a simple and extremely reasonable solution.

Provide an elegant copy of the Elgin timepiece in or on the dash and give the customers the sweep needle gauges that they want.
In regards to it being a tribute, I certainly would remember what the timepiece meant every time I checked the time in the Elio.

 

[Sharp Right]

I like the 8 track tape deck on the right side....LOL....

 

[Rickb]

I think the Elgin Dash will be fine, but if I don't like it after using it for awhile I have this backup option.

 

[outsydthebox]

I think the Elgin Dash will be fine, but if I don't like it after using it for awhile I have this backup option.
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LOL! I like it!

 

[JEBar]

I think the Elgin Dash will be fine, but if I don't like it after using it for awhile I have this backup option.
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that would certainly be an improvement

 

[Grumpy Cat]

I think the Elgin Dash will be fine, but if I don't like it after using it for awhile I have this backup option.
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This would be better:

 

[Sharp Right]

Dear Friends,

Decades ago, in my misspent youth, I owned a ramshackle 1962 Mercedes 220 with tail fins, dual twin barrel carburetors and a 4 speed shifter on the column. This car had a very interesting instrument cluster with a unit similar to this photo, in the center. As the car's acceleration would rise and fall, different brightly colored tapes would go up or down to display the current speed. The speedometer was as much fun to watch as the car was fun to drive. Personally, I will be happy with whatever dash we receive (I just want the car), but it would be incredible if we could ever get something like that old-style Mercedes VDO speedometer (circa 1962). Just a dream, I suppose.

 

[Smitty901]

Most anything other than the Elgin Dash.

 

[NSTG8R]

Most anything other than the Elgin Dash.

RUCRAYZE just reported back from PBF...It's going to be an Elgin Dash, no options on any other type.