You know what grinds my gears...

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You know what grinds my gears...

September 10, 2014, 07:35:54 PM

... people that say that the 1983-84 dashboard is the same as the one in the 1980-82's. It's not. Yes, it is similar, but it is NOT the same dash. However, the dash in the 1983-86 LTD/Marquis sedan & wagon & 1982-87 Continental sedan IS the same as the 1980-82 T-Bird/Cougar XR7.

You know what grinds my gears...

Reply #1 – September 10, 2014, 07:54:07 PM

Yessir, I can verify all of that except the lincoln continental stuff, I've never owned one. The easiest way to show somebody the difference in the 80-82 + 83-84 dashes is to show them the turn signal indicators. In 83/84 they are in the cluster, in 80-82 they were in the dash-top above the cluster.

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Reply #2 – September 10, 2014, 08:29:19 PM

I'm almost positive that the 1980-82 and LTD/Marquis gauge clusters are identical.

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Reply #3 – September 10, 2014, 09:19:00 PM

I don't say that, because I know better.

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Reply #4 – September 10, 2014, 09:41:06 PM

Quote from: White85GS;437878

I'm almost positive that the 1980-82 and LTD/Marquis gauge clusters are identical.

They are. I went through my pictures, and I happen to have pics of my old 85 marquis dash, and my current 81 thunderbird dash. Mercury (cougar,marquis) got the silver cluster, ford (ltd, tbird) got the black.

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Reply #5 – September 10, 2014, 09:58:48 PM

Reminds me of my old ride......... 81 Cougar XR7

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Reply #6 – September 10, 2014, 10:28:25 PM

And the only one that had a tach was the LTD LX.

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Reply #7 – September 10, 2014, 10:36:57 PM

Quote from: White85GS;437892

And the only one that had a tach was the LTD LX.

And the Canadian Mercury Marquis LTS, lol