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Technical => Electrical Tech => Topic started by: ShowBoy on July 08, 2010, 11:12:03 PM

Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: ShowBoy on July 08, 2010, 11:12:03 PM
Just so that I'm absolutely sure, when did the digital dash first show up in the Cougar?

I've read about it on wikipedia, but I thought I'd ask the experts.

Thanks.
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: hypostang on July 09, 2010, 12:52:29 AM
http://coolcats.net/




The cougar almanac
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: Beau on July 09, 2010, 02:53:18 AM
Ughhh...some things from the 80's should be forgotten. Hair like Nikki Sixx had in 1987, some of that horrible music...and those shiznitty, burn up all the time digi dashes, lol

I don't need a little green screen telling me how many farts per big mac I'm getting, lmao
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: Watchdevil on July 09, 2010, 03:40:49 AM
1980 would be the answer to the question...
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: ShowBoy on July 09, 2010, 05:33:03 PM
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1980 would be the answer to the question...


Thanks ---- though I didn't phrase my question correctly. 

Of these four years ---- '83, '84, '85, '86 ---- on which ones were they available?

Them wiki people seem to suggest that it began in '85 ---- meaning that they were NOT available on the '83s and '84s ---- but that doesn't sound correct to me ---- is it?
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: Haystack on July 09, 2010, 07:27:40 PM
Digital speedo's were in the 83-84 cars. Full digital with all the gauges was 85-88.
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: Haystack on July 09, 2010, 07:28:19 PM
And by the way, I like the digital dash more then buttstuffog.
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: ShowBoy on July 09, 2010, 10:23:18 PM
I had a digital dash in my '86 Cougar.

I just wish I still had that car.

My '89 Fleetwood and my '89 Continental have digital dashes.
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: daminc on July 09, 2010, 10:37:54 PM
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I had a digital dash in my '86 Cougar.

I just wish I still had that car.

My '89 Fleetwood and my '89 Continental have digital dashes.


my lincoln has both... the digi spedo is on the left of the  buttstuffog spedo. :hick:
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/daminc/Town%20Car/IMG_3801.jpg)
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: Watchdevil on July 09, 2010, 11:08:23 PM
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Thanks ---- though I didn't phrase my question correctly. 

Of these four years ---- '83, '84, '85, '86 ---- on which ones were they available?

Them wiki people seem to suggest that it began in '85 ---- meaning that they were NOT available on the '83s and '84s ---- but that doesn't sound correct to me ---- is it?


Oh yeah 1980 was the first year of digital dashes for the Birds and Cats. When they were redesigned in 1983, they carried over the basic cluster design into the 1983-84 cars. There was no budget then to do an all new dash for the aero cars so the old dashes were carried over with a few modifications to freshen it up.


Wiki people are bad about getting facts exact.
Title: Digital Dash Question
Post by: Watchdevil on July 09, 2010, 11:10:30 PM
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And by the way, I like the digital dash more then buttstuffog.


I love the old digital dashes. If I was able to use the original dash I feel certain that I would have converted it over to all digital. With the Mustang dash I am working with now it was better for me to use what fits it exactly. However, most of you know I tried a 1980 digital dash cluster for a while mounted in the Mustang dash. I just wanted it to look more like factory fit and function and also have the extra gauges, so I went with the Mustang cluster.
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