Any idea when the video was made? In all of this, keep in mind that Pontiac's solution for this was the Rally Gauge cluster in the dash that was available in '67 also.
I would assume, based on the fact that the man in the video is selling 1967 Firebird options, and sitting in a 1967 Firebird, that the video was made sometime in 1967 or perhaps earlier. The reason I'm asking this question is that "internet wisdom" says these were not available on the Firebird - yet here they obviously are in the car.
I have seen multiple posts, most of them notably from one source, that repeatedly say these were not available, or are Camaro only - and yet, here they are in a Firebird promotional video. Because the man doesn't mention them is not proof they were not offered - he also doesn't talk about the 8 track player in the first car.
I suspect what has happened is one guy shared his "knowledge" gleaned only from his experiences, and people have quoted him over time, then eventually everyone believes it, so now that's the final word on the subject. I've seen this happen over and over in various forums of all descriptions. I'm certainly not trying to be argumentative but I think it's unfortunate that we all read things on the web and take it for gospel when evidence to the contrary is staring us right in the face. I prefer to believe what my eyes tell me, and that is that the gauges were, in fact available. Perhaps dealer installed, I don't know. How else can their presence in the video be explained?
