TR7/TR8 Dashboards / Instrument Clusters.
It's my hope with this page to illustrate all the different dash clusters that were shipped with the TR7/TR8 during it's production run. Use the key below to understand what informational light is assigned to which number.
Here is a very early 1975 dashboard with a couple of unique features. The Tachometer has a 6000 rpm redline and the volt meter has a green zone.
3 - REAR DEMIST
6 - BEAM
7 - IGN
8 - OIL
9 - BRAKES
10 - FASTEN BELTS
11 - CHOKE
12 - LOW FUEL
13 - EGR SERVICE
14 - UNUSED
This dash is a NOS Prototype TR8 dashboard. On this model, although it is a 140MPH speedometer, only the odd MPH values are printed on the gauge.
3 - CHOKE
6 - OXYGEN SENSOR
7 - IGN
8 - OIL
9 - BRAKE
10 - FASTEN BELTS
11 - PARK BRAKE
12 - COOLANT
13 - BEAM
14 - FUEL
This dash is a 1980 TR8 dashboard. US Law required an 80MPH speedometer.
3 - CHOKE
6 - OXYGEN SENSOR
7 - IGN
8 - OIL
9 - BRAKE
10 - FASTEN BELTS
11 - PARK BRAKE
12 - COOLANT
13 - BEAM
14 - FUEL
This dash is a 1981 Canadian TR7 dashboard. km/h speedometers did not have any MPH data written on them, so I guess Canadian guests to the US were expected to guess :). This model year had several major changes - both the clock and the speedometer have a push button coming out of the face. All other gages have a pictorial diagram on them explaining their function. A battery on the volts gauge, a picture of a fuel pump on the fuel gauge and a thermostat picture on the temperature gauge. The information display down the center has also been changed from words to icons.
3 - CHOKE ICON
4 - OXYGEN SENSOR
7 - BATTERY ICON
8 - OIL ICON
9 - EXCLAMATION ICON
10 - SEATBELT ICON
11 - PARKING BRAKE ICON
12 - COOLANT ICON
13 - BEAM ICON
14 - FUEL ICON
