I don’t know if it’s a Devin, but I do think you are on the right track....likely a fiberglass ‘Special’ from the late 50’s/ early ‘60s..... Ray
wasn't Rambler equipped with that push button trans selector? mid and late '50's ? looks like a MG windshield.. ANYMORE PICTURES?
interesting...being sold as a kit car mostly, I guess the dash could be fixed up however you want. But I think I see some weld booger on the mystery dash, which is kind of hard to do on a 'glass car
Horrific photographic reproduction can sometimes fool you. (Is that a weld booger on the back of the driver's hand?)
That’s the only picture I have....fellow car guy friend trying to find out what car his uncle had growing up.... Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Yes rambler used power flites and torque flites in the early 60s and used a keyboard push bottom at the left end of the dash, Lincoln and Edsel used a steering wheel center push button selector, and Packard had a pod mounted to what looked like a shift lever to the right of the steering wheel. Mopar in 55 used a lever selector to the right of the wheel in the dash board like the later corvair powerglide lever, think Pontiac Tempest used the little lever also on it's rear auto transaxle deal. In 56 Chryco went to push buttons in a pod left of the wheel on the dash for both power and torque flites. Park was selected in some models by a lever under the buttons the moved up and down or side to side. In the mid 60s heater controls mimiced the transmission selector buttons but to the right of the steering wheel.
56 desoto, with things moved around. See the weld booger, above the right side of the left gauge insert?
‘60’s ? The ubiquitous red Solo cup was introduced in the ‘70’s and other than the coach wearing a whistle on a lanyard those became popular much later for ID cards, event passes, etc. Seems like the 1980’s for the lanyards.
Looks like the sign is from Autorama Extreme, so that picture would be within the last 10 years or so, rather than the '60s.
Squirrel you are very good,,,,,that pic is so grainy,,,,,90 % of the dash looks like a booger to me ! Tommy
The car in the original post has a critical difference from the one pictured above in post #27.....specifically, the windshield frame. The photo above is more like a Corvette of the era, whereas, the other photos indicate a MOPAR like w/s frame. Look at which direction the pillars slant. Being (without a doubt) a Custom, it is possible the windshield frame could have been changed somewhere along the way, but I am doubting that. I think the photos could well be of two different cars......especially if that body was manufactured by one of the many companies offering ‘glass bodies in that period. Ray
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