Your mistaken about the optional console gauges that were available on 68-69 Camaro's and Nova's BTW. There were four of them. Plus, if your distracted by some gauges that are placed on a console you shouldn't be driving.

Personally I like the idea, but I'm sure because of insurance and safety BS they will be done away with.

 

I'd prefer to have temp and oil pressure on the dash where they're more noticable, would hate to blow up my new Camaro...

Otherwise I'm neutral on the guages.

 

I think a similar cluster may look good on top of the center dash maybe? It would also be better and even safer than having them infront of the steering wheel under your arm...

 

I guess I'm in the minority with you, then. I rarely check my gauges, except for the gas gauge anyway!

 

Your wrong on this one. At least if you mean 1st Gen Classic Camaros. They were on the console which is why the concept had it. The needle went right to left with white background however instead of up and down with hugger orange back ground...

Only thing in those dashes were a Speedometer on the left and a Gas gauge on the right. If you got the Z28 or I think even the SS you got a Clock in between those gauges. Also I think the Z's and even SS got a tach in place of the Fuel gauge in the dash but Oil, Temp, Battery were in the console. Gas gauge gets moved to the console as well as it gets replaced by the tach...

 

Hence the disclaimer: "...if I remember.."

 

I do it from time to time too...lol

 

It is not worth even the slightest distraction to check the gauges if you are driving hard. Interested in seeing what oil pressure is at 6k? Doesn't sound too safe to me.

If GM displays all of this info in an HID, fine. I still think it is a stupid place for the gauges though.

 

Taller?! Holy sh*t, the thing's already 53 inches tall, which I believe is 2 inches taller that a forth gen and close to the height of the first gen's.

And you think/say they're going taller?

 

Yep, I keep hearing that, and it WORRIES me!

 

How sure are you of this? So its going to be taller *AND* narrower than the concept?

**** !! God, I hope and pray that GM doesn't screw this one up.

 

Cosmic certaintude.

But it won't be by much though. I'm much more concerned about length creeping up.

 

This one really has me scratching my head. For some reason, I recall a speedometer and tach on the dash of my '68. I *think* the speedometer went to 140mph...could have been 160 mph.

For the life of me, I can't remember where the gas gauge was.

 

there were optional tachs that replaced the dash gas gauge. My 69 Camaro being a base model has the dash gas gauge. I looked up the 68 in the white book and it said that is a "sawtooth" design. Also Year one is showing the 68-69 having the same correct console gauges as the 69.

Year One
"Gauge cover for 1968-1969 models equipped with a center console gauge cluster."

So if you had the factory optioned tach and console gauges as it came from GM I would think they would be in the console the way the 69s were. Thats going off of Year One but for 69 Im sure of it.

My 69 speedometer goes up to 120. The 140 was an option that came on the COPO cars and may have been an option for others but I cant find it in the white book and cant remember where I read that...

 

You're right. I am certain now that the speedo went to 120. Where is this "white book" ?

It is interesting what time will do to one's taste. Its been 20 years since I had my '68. At that time, I preferred the '68 look over the '69. I never really bonded with the '69 at all. Today however, I prefer the '69 over the '68.