Quartz Clock

"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4) 07/30/2019 at 18:12 • Filed to: None

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Found in a 1983 Camaro Z28. From my brief research, this wasn’t a popular option (RPO U35).

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 18:22

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Quartz with a Z! :P

But that’s neat, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one mounted way down there before...seems a bit out of the way...?

WilliamsSW > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 18:23

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Wow I bet those broke even faster than the typical clocks found in malaise era American cars

Boxer_4 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 07/30/2019 at 18:29

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Oops...

I can’t imagine that placement was very practical.  It’s like they realized after designing the interior that they forgot to mount a clock somewhere.  Most of them did have a digital clock in the radio though.  

Discerning > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 18:50

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I wonder what time it is?

I’ll just take my eyes off the road, look straight down and under my forearm, and...

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Discerning 07/30/2019 at 18:57

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...YOUR TIME HAS COME.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 19:01

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That’s a great placement... for a cup holder 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 19:22

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“ It’s like they realized after designing the interior that they forgot to mount a clock somewhere.”

That sounds like a very GM thing to do :P

daender > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 20:02

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Welp, I know what to look for if I see a 3rd gen hit a junkyard near me!

superdave847 > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 20:49

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Damn, from the headline I assumed this was an Aston Martin.

I should have known it really in America’s answer to the Vantage.

Urambo Tauro > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 21:04

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Yeah, t hat’s a pretty terrible place for a clock. It’s even further from the driver’s immediate periphery than those bottom-of-the-center-console gauges that some other gens offer.

Boxer_4 > daender 07/30/2019 at 21:05

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Good luck! I think it was optioned on 4,641 cars, if online RPO records are to be trusted.

shop-teacher > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 22:01

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What the deuce????

Boxer_4 > daender 07/30/2019 at 22:24

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I take that back, I somehow missed the 1982 model year where they were standard on the Z28 and Berlinetta... add 14,166 to the previous number...

Boxer_4 > shop-teacher 07/30/2019 at 22:42

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It was also featured somewhat prominently in their early promotional material, too...

shop-teacher > Boxer_4 07/30/2019 at 23:05

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Jeeze ... That's freaking bizzare!