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Digital Dash Question

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.
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Digital Dash Question

Reply #1 –
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Reply #2 –
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
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Reply #3 –
1980 would be the answer to the question...

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Reply #4 –
Quote from: Watchdevil;327774
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?
13 Dodge Dart SXT Special Edition
09 Honda Shadow Sabre ---------- 08 Caliber
05 Aztek ---------- 02 Avalanche
02 Thunderbird (4,000 miles) ---------- 02 Cadillac ETC
98 Explorer ---------- 96 Suzuki X-90
89 Fleetwood ---------- 89 Continental
88 Town Car ---------- 86 Silverado ---------- 84 Fiero
83 Town Car ---------- 82 EXP (32,000 miles) ---------- 82 Mercury LN7
80 Mustang (35,000 miles) ---------- 65 Continental
62 Galaxie 500 ---------- 54 Packard

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Reply #5 –
Digital speedo's were in the 83-84 cars. Full digital with all the gauges was 85-88.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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1986 cougar.
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Reply #6 –
And by the way, I like the digital dash more then buttstuffog.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

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Reply #7 –
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.
13 Dodge Dart SXT Special Edition
09 Honda Shadow Sabre ---------- 08 Caliber
05 Aztek ---------- 02 Avalanche
02 Thunderbird (4,000 miles) ---------- 02 Cadillac ETC
98 Explorer ---------- 96 Suzuki X-90
89 Fleetwood ---------- 89 Continental
88 Town Car ---------- 86 Silverado ---------- 84 Fiero
83 Town Car ---------- 82 EXP (32,000 miles) ---------- 82 Mercury LN7
80 Mustang (35,000 miles) ---------- 65 Continental
62 Galaxie 500 ---------- 54 Packard

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Reply #8 –
Quote from: ShowBoy;327859
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:
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Reply #9 –
Quote from: ShowBoy;327814
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.
 

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Reply #10 –
Quote from: Haystack;327843
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.