1972 2002tii without dashclock

[palmtreediaries]

I have 1972 2002tii and realized there no dashboard clock. Any idea on why this may be the case?

Edited November 15, 2023 by palmtreediaries

[stephers]

Dash replacement?

[Cruzr]

Easy. Someone changed the dasboard. The clock probably stopped working and didn't care for originality.

[Son of Marty]

Or your car had a Tii transplant, not at all unusual back when the parts and or wrecked cars could be found. I'm not calling your car into question just say'n way it could be.

[Mike Self]

A US spec'72 tii would have a VIN beginning with 276XXXX and be no higher than 2762629.  The engine block should also have a 276 numeric prefix and originally would have matched the VIN.  So your car's VIN should jibe with the above.  

 

But as was pointed out previously, chances are good that the dash has been replaced.  All US roundie tii's had two piece dashes:  The upper section included the instrument binnacle (on earlier cars that was a separate piece; the lower section included the package shelf and provision for the glovebox.  If the upper and lower sections are a single piece, that dash has been transplanted from a squarelight.

 

mike

[gwb72tii]

Even with a two piece dash, if the upper dash has been replaced, as mine was, the dash does not have the hole for the clock cut out, you have to cut the vinyl out yourself. 

Edited November 16, 2023 by gwb72tii

[John76]

If you look behind the dash you will see the perforated marks in the foam where the clock goes.

This makes it easier to cut the vinyl.  Measure 10 times and cut once.

Took me years of hand wringing to finally install a clock on my '76.

 

Edited November 18, 2023 by John76
Correction

[Gordon]

On 11/17/2023 at 5:54 PM, John76 said:

If you look behind the dash you will see the perforated marks in the foam where the clock goes.

This makes it easier to cut the vinyl.  Measure 10 times and cut once.

Took me years of hand wringing to finally install a clock on my '76.

 

+1 on comments that the dash has replaced or a tii motor has been dropped into a regular 2002.  

 

Regarding the lack of clock. I too put a tii clock in a regular 02 dash.  The dash in my 74 tii looked like Grand Canyon with all the cracks it had.  Years ago, while working as a contractor at Ramstein Air Base Germany,  I went to a vintage automotive swap meet in Ludwigshafen and stumbled upon a crack free one piece Euro spec 02 dash for 120 Euro's and shipped it back. As John76 said, the cut out is visible from the back and measure carefully before cutting.  Here it is in my tii, I like the look of the Euro spec dash (no fasten seat belt billboard). My clock only works part-time so I set it to 5 O'clock because I know it's 5 O'clock somewhere.  

Edited November 19, 2023 by Gordon