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