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Favorite Dash in a car?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Bainbridge, Oct 20, 2008.

  1. Bainbridge
    Joined: Feb 23, 2008
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    I have seen alot of dashes that are nice but cant say that I have a favorite. So lets see what you think the best looking dash in a car is
     
  2. Muttley
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    One that hasnt been hacked up by some idiot trying to install a CD player.
     
  3. Bainbridge
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    got paid a couple of times to do that...never understood why but I had to do what was asked
     
  4. 59 chevy, 63 riviera, 66 lincoln with the speedo that turned from white to orange
     
  5. 40 & 61 Fords
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    40 Ford!
    They must be a BIG favorite, since I see about as many in non-40's as I do in 40's!
    Bad part about them being so popular, is they gotten to be worth big $$$$$.
     
  6. 1961 - 1962 Chrysler New Yorker. Absolutely THE best-looking dash on the planet! Period.
     
  7. Boyd Who
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    +1 for the '59 Chevy.
     
  8. JamesG
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    The one that came in it!
     
  9. belair
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    59-60 chevy
     
  10. BigBlockMopar
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    Couldn't agree more, but maybe that's because I'm a little biased ;)
    I would include the '60 models aswell as they started in 1960 with the Dome dashes...


    1960 Chrysler NewYorker
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    1962 Chrysler NewYorker (wagon)...
    [​IMG]
     
  11. pasadenahotrod
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    40 Ford tops the list
    42-48 Plymouth is a personal favorite
    42-48 Ford is nice too
    51 Ford Passenger Car
     
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  12. resqd37Zep
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    1939 Lincoln Zephyr dash. Soon to go in my 37 lz.
     

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  13. 41 Ford is the most underrated and best example of simple elegance in a dash ever. especially if you chrome plate the normally tan plastic.

    Also depends on what it's in (or going in)
     
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  14. a4278v
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    1956 ford nice and simple and just seems right to me.
     
  15. olscrounger
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    40 Ford in De Luxe trim--#1
     
  16. I like the 58 and 59 Pontiacs best, the 58 especially looks really Buck Rogers space-age with the chrome pods. '57 Olds is another favorite. And I also like the 69-72 Gran Prix or the 71-72 Pontiac fullsize dash, from a driver's standpoint - they wrap around a little, cluster everything in front of you and make stuff easy to reach.
     
  17. Edsel Racing
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  18. roosters hot rods
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    49 ford in my A coupe...
     

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  19. roosters hot rods
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    i kinda like the 49 pontiac and 49 olds too..
     
  20. 40Standard
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    40 ford & 55-57 chevys
     
  21. texdesoto
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    57 Olds, way cool!
     
  22. 48 Poncho
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    1957 Oldsmobile for me. Love all the chrome and the curved dash!

    48 poncho
     
  23. 4woody
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    Hard to pick just one- there's so many cool ones, but I like mine a lot, and nobody else has one like it:[​IMG][​IMG]
     
  24. love the one in my 49 Plymouth so much, I'm putting one in my 53 Dodge truck. I agree with the hacking the dash for a stereo thing, it always looks like crap. this is what I did to mine. Bud :D
     

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  25. chris55
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    55 chevy...nice symmetry and 47 ford... because I stare at one all the time.
     
  26. Pir8Darryl
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    How could I pick just one...
    66 Olds Tornado [compas speedo]
    70's pontiac Gran Prix [wrap around]
    61-63 T-bird [batmobile]
    Lots of early 60's big mopar's [dome and cash-register speedo]
    55-56 chevy... 57 just dont do it for me like the early ones
    57-58 300... Love that 150 mph speedo in a tail fin car.

    Tho it's completely OT, my all time favorite dash was my Grandfather's late 60's Kenworth. It was steel, chrome, and real wood with what must have been 40 different guages :eek:
    The steel was painted red, the interior was black, and the steering wheel was white. It's quite possible that truck started my automotive love affair.
     
  27. Nice work Bud! LOVE the car (my dream car but in green metal flake :D) and the dash work.... if you've gotta put in a stereo this is the way to go...
     
  28. 66L-79
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    I am going to put one out off a 35 Ford car in my Model A Coupe my uncle just got through with his Coupe and this what he used loks pretty good so I decided to go that way with mine.
     
  29. mottsrods
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    I like any of the 30's Auburn's, and Ford's from 40 to 51
     
  30. 72sst
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    I 3rd the 60-62 Chrysler ASTRODOMES.
     

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