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It is common knowledge that the 64 to 67 Beaumonts shared the same dash as a 64 to 67 GTO. However, it seems that the only tachometer that the Beaumont ever got in those 4 years was the 64 GTO tach, for all 4 years. Also, the GTO oil gauge/temp gauge package offered from 65 to 67 was never offered in Beaumonts. Wonder why.............

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my guess, lower volume of production and production costs to add other options... thank god beaumonts never got the chevelle dash!!hahahaha!

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Agreed there. The Beaumont dash is a hundred times better looking!

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If the dash supported full instrumentation then you could order it. I have to say that I haven't seen a 64-67 Beaumont SD with full instrumentation but I believe it was available.

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Numbers_guy wrote:

If the dash supported full instrumentation then you could order it. I have to say that I haven't seen a 64-67 Beaumont SD with full instrumentation but I believe it was available.


There is no indication of it in the assembly manual or parts book. I would be surprised, but never say never!

 



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

Agreed there. The Beaumont dash is a hundred times better looking!


is it ever

but in my taste   the 67 chevelle grill   is nicer

 



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the best line i ever heard was "when you park a beaumont next to a chevelle the beaumont makes the chevelle looks like it has tin foil for chrome" so true;;;;;;;;;;

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what about dealer installed gages under dash?

-- Edited by Led Zeppelin on Saturday 12th of March 2011 01:42:47 AM

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I had a '66 SD396 Beaumont with the tach, but I don't remember if it had the other gauges.  The sales brochure just lists the tach with no mention of the other gauges.  I have a hard time remembering what happened yesterday never mind 43 years ago.  Not much help, am I.no The Beaumonts were definitely a step up on the Chevelles, especially the dash.


-- Edited by Keith Tedford on Friday 11th of March 2011 11:54:32 PM

-- Edited by Keith Tedford on Friday 11th of March 2011 11:59:50 PM

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Interesting one Carl! I have wondered about this one before. Was it a wire harness issue or a pontiac vs. chevrolet sending unit issue.....No idea.

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Not sure. It seems strange but I am pretty sure it's safe saying no Beaumont ever left the factory in 64-67 with a gauge for oil or temperature.

Also, am I right in remembering that the markings on the speedo face is unique to Beaumont, not the same as any GTO in those years?

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What dash did the right-hand drive Beaumonts have (mostly for South Africa)? Was it the Chevelle one transposed?

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Oracle wrote:

What dash did the right-hand drive Beaumonts have (mostly for South Africa)? Was it the Chevelle one transposed?


http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=118110&topicID=40114690&p=3

 



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Keith Tedford wrote:

I had a '66 SD396 Beaumont with the tach, but I don't remember if it had the other gauges.  The sales brochure just lists the tach with no mention of the other gauges.  I have a hard time remembering what happened yesterday never mind 43 years ago.  Not much help, am I.no The Beaumonts were definitely a step up on the Chevelles, especially the dash.


-- Edited by Keith Tedford on Friday 11th of March 2011 11:54:32 PM

-- Edited by Keith Tedford on Friday 11th of March 2011 11:59:50 PM


Wow, nice Beaumont Keith, rare too I would guess. Is the building in the background the garage that you still have today? If so that must have been when you first moved there.


 



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My 67SD396 Conv.  Dash..


67 BEAUMONT SD 396 GTO DASH IN CANADA 1 0F 603 BUILT-1.jpg

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Love the view of the BB hood!

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Everybody look at Loud's 67 sd vert thats for sale ,maybe conroy ordered it with full rally gauges ?

-- Edited by Captain Beaumont on Saturday 12th of March 2011 04:45:11 PM

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Is there GM documentation to prove that?

If so, I will retract my earlier statement saying GM never did that.

One thing I notice is that the speedo in his car has the Beaumont markings and the tach has the GTO markings. In the GTO's the speedo matched the tach.

My guess is that someone installed that after GM built the car.

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Saturday 12th of March 2011 12:37:44 PM

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This car is in Edmonton,we cruz the dub every week,very sweet ride, and Brian has the gm doc's to prove it. only one i'v seen with the gauges

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It would be great to put a soft copy of the build sheet that pertains to this in the forum library for reference! Is somebody able to ask Brian?
(Interesting option, especially considering it was originally a 283 car. Unless Conroy ordered the 283 with intentions of tossing it for a 409 LOL.)

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It would be great to put a soft copy of the build sheet that pertains to this in the forum library for reference! Is somebody able to ask Brian?
(Interesting option, especially considering it was originally a 283 car. Unless Conroy ordered the 283 with intentions of tossing it for a 409 LOL.)


I was sure he had posted his build sheet at some point but I have not been able to find it on here.

 



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Scroll down the page about 3/4 of the way. Conroy must have done it in-house.

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=118110&p=3&topicID=31752620

Ok, it's the smaller print one under the Cheetah document.

No tachometer or gauges listed on it though.

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Saturday 12th of March 2011 01:19:42 PM

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It would be interesting to see if they adapted a GTO harness or modified the Beaumont unit.

My friend put the entire GTO tach and gauge instrument cluster including speedometer in his 67 SD years ago. He bought it complete with the harness but I think he modified his Beaumont wiring to fit.

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Captain Beaumont wrote:

Everybody look at Loud's 67 sd vert thats for sale ,conroy orderd it with full rally gauges.


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Those guages are not documented or ordered from GM that way, imo... they may have been added at Conroy, but I think unlikely there too.... they would have added that option to Cheetahs they built i would think, BBC/4speeds vs this car which was 283/pg... Nonetheless fun addition to the car!

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