Car with the most gauges?

[C.A.R.]

Granted, there are actually only 6 gauges but I've always liked the Lexus is200 dial setup, never seen anything else mimic it either:


I wonder if the turbocharged Japanese version had even more dials?

[droopsnoot]

colin_p said:

Retro fit some like I have to my shed old Passast.

Are they Type 85 Audi coupe gauges?

[colin_p]

droopsnoot said:

colin_p said:

Retro fit some like I have to my shed old Passast.

Are they Type 85 Audi coupe gauges?

Yes, out of an old Audi, they are VDO's. A bit of a trim of the bezel and it fits a DIN-E hole.

I've had these for years and once upon a time they were cheap and plentiful on e-bay but recently they have got rarer and more expensive.

Very, very nice though and work perfectly.

[Dapster]

Not a shot at victory here but worth a mention - good old Group B road going versions.

Citroen BX 4TC



Delta S4




And how about this? I know it's not a production car, but worth a mention. Twin engined VW Scirocco factory prototype. 2 x every gauge to monitor both engines. Note the twin rev counters and single digital speedo. I'm counting 17 guages (including the digi speedo) but not the odometer.

[leefee]

classic Saab, 9 gauges wit the extra 3 in the console.

[LuS1fer]

I cannot find any information about what each one is but the Renault 5 Turbo 1 seems to have had 10 gauges, the Turbo 2 had rather less.

[WilsonWilson]

rolando said:

Martin350 said:

I can only think of another 8-er - early Countach.



I'm sure a handful were turbocharged and may have had one or two more gauges fitted but I haven't found a pic yet.

I see no gauges

She has a friend who has a turbo http://www.forocoches.com/foro/showthread.php?t=17...

Can't see anymore gauges, but she knows how to twiddle a knob.

Edited by WilsonWilson on Thursday 23 February 20:32

[rolando]

WilsonWilson said:

rolando said:

Martin350 said:

I can only think of another 8-er - early Countach.



I'm sure a handful were turbocharged and may have had one or two more gauges fitted but I haven't found a pic yet.

I see no gauges

She has a friend who has a turbo http://www.forocoches.com/foro/showthread.php?t=17...

Can't see anymore gauges, but she knows how to twiddle a knob.

Edited by WilsonWilson on Thursday 23 February 20:32

I see what you mean:

[ecs0set]

Pickled said:

The Vector W2





The later W8 had a multi display LCD screen - more like an aircraft

Oh wow. I need one of those!

[Dapster]

C2 Corvette

[colin_p]

In addition to my post above with only a lowly three additional retrofitted gauges, I bring you my old Mini;



Water temp
Fuel level
Oil pressure
Vacuum
Amps
Volts
Triumph tacho
Triumph speedo
Truimph multi segment display for ignition lights etc
Turn signal repeaters from a Bedford CF van !

That pic was taken in March 2000, the day and just before it was loaded onto a flatbed and sent to the scrapper. A decision I deeply deeply regret.

[CoolCurly]

Triumph Dolomite Sprint - 8 Dial

I used to rip these dashboards out of scrapped Dolomite Sprints and rewire them into Mini's. Did about 10 or 12 of them back in the day. The central dial was a multi light panel which was a bugger to remember what wire was what but after the 3rd one I remembered them all moving forward.

Wish Id kept the dials I had - it was the one thing I used to love pulling out of old cars about to be crushed (Park Royal Scrappy was massive and many a Sat spent treasure hunting).....

[CoolCurly]

Radford Mini's used to have these installed - work of art - check out the rocker switches!!!!!

[anonymous-user]

CoolCurly said:

Triumph Dolomite Sprint - 8 Dial

I used to rip these dashboards out of scrapped Dolomite Sprints and rewire them into Mini's. Did about 10 or 12 of them back in the day. The central dial was a multi light panel which was a bugger to remember what wire was what but after the 3rd one I remembered them all moving forward.

Wish Id kept the dials I had - it was the one thing I used to love pulling out of old cars about to be crushed (Park Royal Scrappy was massive and many a Sat spent treasure hunting).....

Disqualified! - A factory standard Sprint has five instruments, one clock, and the Triumph "all systems go" AKA "piechart" warning light cluster. The one shown above has all of those, with a non factory oil pressure gauge fitted where the eyeball air vent should be.

A Sprint has a voltmeter but no oil pressure gauge. "Because Castrol more reliable than Lucas".

Standard Sprint below (clock out of shot):-

[anonymous-user]

Most Lancia Beta Coupes and HPEs have nine dials (if you include the clock). The povvo spec 1300 Coupes make do with seven.

[Triumph Man]

In the cluster of three warning lights in the speedometer, what is the central one for? The driver's foot is caught under the throttle pedal? Warning! Bandits have slid a trolley jack under the car?

[anonymous-user]

Yes, "Trolley Jack Pirate Attack", I think.

I used to know the allegedly sensible answer to that question but have now forgotten it. The light may be a warning that the transmission is about to explode. I am currently waiting for my latest Beta to arrive from a place where it is being prepped for its first MoT since it went to the Isle of Man in the 80s. I will check in its handbook when it gets here. My one has the pre-facelift instrument panel (shown in the top picture in my previous post). BTW, the dials in Beta Berlinas (saloons) are of a different design to those in the Coupes and HPEs.

[magno]

8 on the integrale.

[chris333]

Not sure how many the Jaguar XJ220 has in total, but I've always loved the four in the door.

[Downward]

What do they all read in the xj220 ?

Do modern cars have as many gauges or is it all mainly the 4 ?