There is one more topic on this car I want to discuss. One the window sheet it shows a factory clock option for $15.60. This option also shows up on the Marti Report. Think about this, where is the clock? Cale said this is an extremely rare option but when asked where it was located he could not remember.
I have looked at the photos of the dash and can not locate it. However, I cannot even figure out which gauge pod it might have been in. There are only five openings in the dash for gauges. The one on driver’s left is full of warning lights. The next is the fuel gauge and other warning lights, the speedometer is third opening, the fourth is the tack and the fifth is the heater controls. I have no idea where you would put a clock. Some manufactures proudly had a Tic-Toc Tack that combined the tack with a clock but that is not the case here.
The tack optional equipment on the Cyclone even with the 428 Ram Air.
When I pulled out my 1969 Mercury Montego/Cyclone sales brochure I did see a picture of a clock in the dash. It was were the tachometer should be in the dash! The brochure also says a clock is not available with a tack and tack is not available with a clock or a six cylinder engine.
Since the window sticker and Marti Report do not show a Tachometer option on this car and it does not have the clock it means the factory built a 428 Ram Air 4-speed car without a tack! Obviously, one of the owners over the years realized a tack was far more important in the car than a clock and changed it out!
I think I have a clock in on of my cars . I am pretty sure it goes where the tack would be .
It goes in the tach pod. If you look at a Mercury wiring diagram you will see that noted