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JDM Dash Comparison
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* Above: 1972 DX 1200
* Below: 1972 GL/GX 1400 [not a 1200 dash]
1972 was the year of the Facelift

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Dodgeman
Posted: 2007/12/12 11:55  Updated: 2007/12/12 11:55
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 Re: JDM Dash Comparison
The lower dash in this picture is a Sunny Excellent GL model. The differences are in the speedo & the clock/tach

The GL had a 160kph speedo & came standard with a clock.
The GX had a 180kph speedo & came standard with a tach instead of a clock.

The spanner in the works is the fact that a tach was optional in the GL &, when ordered, the clock was moved to the console, so the tach is not a guarantee that it is a GX dash, it's the 180kph speedo that tells us that it's a GX.

The lower dash has a clock, & the speedo is a 160kph one. I know because I just went into the next room & had a look at it.

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dattodude
Posted: 2007/12/12 11:58  Updated: 2007/12/12 11:58
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 Re: JDM Dash Comparison
I hadn't seen this pic. Thanks for dragging it up. I thought all of the late model hooded guages had the same curvey dash. Hmm. Excellent ...I shall say.

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ruredi
Posted: 2016/4/7 7:46  Updated: 2016/4/7 7:51
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 Re: JDM Dash Comparison
So let me get this straight...

The 'double hump' dash pad was exclusive to the Sunny Excellent. However there was a Sunny Excellent 'GL' which had a clock and 160kph speedo but there was also a Sunny Excellent 'GX' which had the tacho and 180kph?

The Excellent GL and GX is not to be confused with the Sunny 1200 GL & GX which had single humped dash?

Am I correct?

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ddgonzal
Posted: 2016/4/8 1:52  Updated: 2016/4/8 2:02
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 Re: JDM Dash Comparison
First, the photo is misleading. The top dash is a mutt, we don't know exacty what. For example someone has used an early glove box lid on the later dash


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The 'double hump' dash pad was exclusive to the Sunny Excellent.
Is that true? I don't think so


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there was a Sunny Excellent 'GL' which had a clock and 160kph speedo but there was also a Sunny Excellent 'GX' which had the tacho and 180kph?
I think so as standard equipment, but the tachometer was optional? So photos of cars 30-40 years later don't tell the whole story. The factory parts catalogs and brochures can be consulted to figure out how they were outfitted back in the day


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The Excellent GL and GX is not to be confused with the Sunny 1200 GL & GX which had single humped dash?
I used to believe that, but have since researched it more. See these two photos of the very same dash:

From this angle this 1200 dash looks like a double-hump


But ... from this angle looks like a single-hump

The car in question is GX-5 photo feature

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ruredi
Posted: 2016/4/10 8:41  Updated: 2016/4/10 8:41
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 Re: JDM Dash Comparison
Would have to completely agree with you.