Most beautiful dash?

[RobertKB]

After having seen the pictures of blueskies dash, it makes me feel that the '49and '50's have a beautiful dash for a low priced car, or for that matter any car. Just wondering what the rest of you think is the prettiest Plymouth dash out there. If you vote for either a pre-1946 dash or a post-1954 dash could you post a picture? Heck, post a picture of whatever dash you want. Picture copied from one of blueskies threads.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I personally like the 46-48 Dodge D24 dash the best....liked it so much I threw out the dash in my 41 so as to put this dash in...41 is too plain Jane...most of the 50's dashes are also blah...the dashes did not get spiced up again till the 64 Chrysler...

[JerseyHarold]

I'm partial to 1951-52 Plymouths so they get my vote. Same layout both years but the '51 is done to a higher standard than the '52 (woodgrained paint and more chrome).

[Dennis Hemingway]

I'm sorry, I have always liked the 55-56 Chevy dash. The wife's car has a Dakota Digitial conversion.

If I have to keep to Plymouth's I have to say the P-15 dash gets my vote, like the photo I borrowed from David Maxwell.

Dennis

[Young Ed]

Here is a poor example of a 51. Main differences between 51 and 52 are color of the gauges, no plymouth name on the glove box, and the wood grain.

[Don Coatney]

29 Desoto gets my vote.

[RobertKB]

Don, that '29 has to be from the 29th century although it does have a shifter knob from a 1953 or 1954 Plymouth.

[BobT-47P15]

That DeSoto belongs to George Asche.

I think it would be interesting if George could explain the purpose of

each one of those switches and knobs.

[Plymouthy Adams]

that Desoto belongs in a shriner parade...

[steveplym]

It looks like it may take off and fly.

[Reg Evans]

On that 29 De Soto is the tin cup and brass spigot for sampling the load?

Oh....by the passenger of course.

[Brendan D25]

The mug is there for when he picks up a lady. "I'll give you some moonshine if you show me your jugs.":D :D

[Norm's Coupe]

I like this one.

[David Maxwell]

Hmmm...., I wonder.... LOL!

[Normspeed]

Prettiest dash ever, at night, was the domed electro-luminescent Chrysler, somewhere around mid 60s. I don't have a photo.

Edit, make that late 50's I guess. Here's a b&w, doesn't do it justice though.

[kevinanderson]

Early 60's chryslers get my vote. Use to have a '60 New Yorker.

[Rodney Bullock]

Prettiest dash ever, at night, was the domed electro-luminescent Chrysler, somewhere around mid 60s. I don't have a photo.

Edit, make that late 50's I guess. Here's a b&w, doesn't do it justice though.

Normspeed, I have a 66 charger and it has that system as well. It has to be the prettiest light show I have ever seen. For those who have never seen the Luminescent system normspeed is right, a picture can not do it justice because it has pointers that are red that glow as well. There are times I just start the car and turn the lights on and look at the lights. I dont know why mopar did not experiment further after all it was a flat light surface. I think that box became a problem. I had a tv/radio repair man fix my box. It was funny he had no idea what it was however he got it to humm again.

[Merle Coggins]

That DeSoto dash reminds me of this control panel.

[Don Coatney]

On that 29 De Soto is the tin cup and brass spigot for sampling the load?

Oh....by the passenger of course.

As I was the passenger in this 29 Desoto I can tell the story of the spigot and tin cup. While driving along George Asche mentioned to me that he has been told he has everything but the kitchen sink in this car. Having said that he reached for what looked like an emergency brake handle and gave it a couple of pumps. He then pulled out what looked like a heater control panel from an early 50's Mopar and exposed a brass bottomed sink. He turned the spigot on and drew a tin cup full of water and drank it.