Elio Gauge Cluster - Lord Elgin? - Other Options?

[ecdriver711]

With a little more comparison using the photos I have from this weekend I am now nearly certain that the Elgin prototype I got my hands on this weekend is the very same one we saw in Tech Talk v5 back in March however we all thought that was a rendering when in fact it was a physical prototype. My guess is that may have actually been intended to be the P4 dash as we also know they are the same size as Jerome told me that however for whatever reason it never made it into the P4.

Compare for yourselves:

Charlotte, NC
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Elio Motors Tech Talk v5

The more I see the dash, it grows on me.

 

[Jim H]

The more I see the dash, it grows on me.

More like an infection......LOL

 

[Kronos]

With a little more comparison using the photos I have from this weekend I am now nearly certain that the Elgin prototype I got my hands on this weekend is the very same one we saw in Tech Talk v5 back in March however we all thought that was a rendering when in fact it was a physical prototype. My guess is that may have actually been intended to be the P4 dash as we also know they are the same size as Jerome told me that however for whatever reason it never made it into the P4.

Compare for yourselves:

Charlotte, NC
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Elio Motors Tech Talk v5

So I see the highbeam indicator, what then might that upper-center indentation be? Curious. I wonder if the fuel indicator might turn red if it's running low? In addition to the "low fuel" light?

 

[Joshua Caldwell]

While he looks that up, check out these 4 links for fun.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TJbHi8w0KvI/AAAAAAABTjc/QyfJFlL9oCc/s1600/DSCN3685.JPG

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TJl8QP8EuFI/AAAAAAABTn4/v_t3hK0QrlI/s1600/DSCN3782.JPG

http://www.carlexdesign.com/projects/21-z4-punk.html

http://www.carlexdesign.com/projects/41-mini-steam.html

 

[Dustoff]

 

[Kuda]

QUOTE="nthawk68, post: 72114, member: 2110"]A revolutionary car deserves a revolutionary interior, so we might as well go for the unusual in the dash.... I am a dial guage kind of guy, but will remain rigidly flexible with the dash. Agree a dash will not be a deal breaker, and the dash will just be 1 more conversation starter whenever I have stopped for a pee break, I am estimating 2 pee breaks for each fillup.[/QUOTE]

'Rigidly flexible' is like 'Military Intelligence'.......you obviously don't suffer from TBS (Tiny Bladder Syndrome)!

 

[Kuda]

Snipped: Jerome told me that however for whatever reason it never made it into the P4.

Just a guess, but no need to turn off 70% of potential customers while on tour?

 

[Kuda]

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Other than wiring, there's virtually no plastic in or on any of Morgan's cars.
One worthwhile exception was made for the start button in the 3-wheeler.

 

[Ekh]

While he looks that up, check out these 4 links for fun.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TJbHi8w0KvI/AAAAAAABTjc/QyfJFlL9oCc/s1600/DSCN3685.JPG

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TJl8QP8EuFI/AAAAAAABTn4/v_t3hK0QrlI/s1600/DSCN3782.JPG

http://www.carlexdesign.com/projects/21-z4-punk.html

http://www.carlexdesign.com/projects/41-mini-steam.html

Only the French would make such hard-to-figure-out gauges -- in metric no less!

 

[Ekh]

Other than wiring, there's virtually no plastic in or on any of Morgan's cars.
One worthwhile exception was made for the start button in the 3-wheeler.

Now if the Elio only came in BRG with shiny black wheel covers .... sigh