SCCA VETTE

I went through the sale tent at funfest and found a interesting piece. It is suspose to be a test dash for C4 to replace the digital. I am not sure who would actually want one if they were made however I thought it was a cool conversation piece so I bought it. Here is a pic of it.

shakedown067

Those turn signals are HUGE! Pretty interesting piece though.

nferr

No tach!!

PLRX

That looks like something you would buy in a Mexican flea market.

as long as it is red

That thing looks like it came out of a 84 cavalier. I have my doubts that is a corvette prototype just because some guy selling it at Funfest said it was. It is registering speed in km/hr and the temp is C*.

SCCA VETTE

I matched it up to my 85 and it looks like it would bolt right in. The guy (Kenny) that was working the booth from Mid America said it was one that was sent to them from a vendor to test. He said they were testing some options for a while for replacements of the digital dashes.

If you look close at it you will notice it is all in Metric (km/h) and pretty basic (no tach).

BrianCunningham

could be a prototype

could be something someone was building to replace theirs.

Relic

I've seen some replacements that looked better!

I also remember seeing an instrument panel that looked like an 80s Firebird cluster that was meant for the C4.

At one time I thought it would be great to replace the Atari cluster. Not so much now. It's a character item. It makes an early C4 special.

Nice item though.

Tommy T-Bone

Could it have come from an 84 Calloway Corvette?

5abivt

cool I'd take that over the coleco vision digital dash and just add an external tach.

c69ss396

I think someone was trying to come up with a cheap fix

pologreen1

bomar76

If you ever go inside the NCM, there is a analog C4 dash hanging on the wall with the whole story behind them.
Not only were prototypes made, an assembly line existed they were ready to go into full production in case the digital dashes didn't pan out.

Kubs

Thats so the visually impaired can know which turn signal they left on...

Goldcylon

I was thinking a Beretta but a Cavilier works as well. Man im glad they didnt use that ugly IP

jeffp1167

looks like it came from a freightliner.

corvetteronw

Very interesting.
It was nice to meet you at the show!

Blue 92

Really kind of doubt the even GM would put a dash with just a gas and temp gauge in the Corvette.

856SPEED

Not sure that was intended for a Corvette...

CorvetteMike2024

I agree,

How much was the sale price?

Corvette Mike