L78 Nova Question

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Correct me if I am wrong but the only time I have ever seen a factory tach in the dash was when the car was ordered with factory bucket seats, a console and console gauges. The Nova did not have to be a L78 to get this combination of options and you could order the bucket seat interior without the tach and gauge package. If you ordered your Nova with a bench seat it would always come with the basic dash speedo with no tach but the clock was opional no matter what motor was in the car. There are a bunch of Novas out there with the aftermarket tach in the clock location but as good as it looks it was never factory.