I love 33-34 Ford coupes but they have an ugly dash. I kept the Ford top roll for mounting and to keep the crank out windshield knob and linkage but welded a 34 Chevy bottom part. I found the aftermarket Champion insert goes into the chevy gauge area if ya turn the insert upside down. Switches and indicator lights are now in the 33 header panel above the windshield with the ignition switch.
Love all the dashes shown so far and particularly the 40 Ford in early Ford hot rods. Especially like the Packard and the Desoto shown below.
I have a few favorites... '40 Ford, obviously. '58-60 Thunderbird is one I miss on a regular basis. '49 Merc... Especially in chrome!
OK I was too harsh. In my defense, I was almost killed when I spun out my mom's base model Corvair on Grand Central Parkway. How about best factory upgrade to a boring dash?
The rest of the dash is nothing to write home about, but the Edsel's floating speedometer is super cool.
The mid '30's Chrysler and Desoto Airflows had some of the most elegant I've seen. The cars looked like ass, but the interiors were well appointed. '35 Desoto and '36 Chrysler below. I like the Chrysler version with both a drivers and passenger side glove compartment.
The 36 Ford dash is pretty much perfect, especially in @MR. FORD 's Model A coupe. Inside a 36 Ford, the chrome dash that resides in the Pierson Brother's coupe is absolutely beautiful.
My favorite interior is a slightly off topic car, 66 charger's interiors and gauges are amazing. Now as far as 65 and back goes I love early 60s imperial interiors, this one is a 1961.y 60
I've been debating it for my 29 Phaeton build. I have some reservations about being blinded though, driving a topless car with a chrome dash.
It's been fifty some years since I've seen it but I'm pretty sure that this is what the dash in my parent's 61 Oldsmobile looked like. about the same color, too. There are others in this thread that I might like better; I'm posting this for your viewing pleasure. Of the dashes of the 60's I like this one as well as any though.
There’s a lot purdier ones but I kinda like the dash in my ‘58 GMC. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Hello, That Corvette dashboard was one of the best and when we drove in my friend’s early Corvette, it was staring us in the face the whole time we were cruising around our area. It was a wonder that it was set up the way it was, but after all, it was GM’s sporty car that wanted to compete in the world market. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/friday-art-show-12-18-20.1215022/#post-13863570 early Corvette A friend had me detail his Corvette (actually his dad’s), but for the effort of washing and waxing the early Corvette, the rest of the day was ours to cruise around Bixby Knolls in this flashy sporty car. That red dash had everything anyone would want staring then while driving. (In a sedan or sporty car.) But, since we were not made of money as teenagers and our dad liked big sedans (Buick in our case) the Corvette was out of the picture. My brother and I liked Corvettes, but not until they came out with the more powerful v8 motors. Jnaki This is the interior that was staring at me daily since 1957, when it was a new car sitting in our driveway. 1958 Westside of Long Beach My brother was smart, since he did not allow anyone to smoke in the new Impala, he got some Howard Zink, Sure-Fit clear plastic seat covers, front and rear. That would take care of those dirty Levis from all sorts of activities and not smear anything on the pristine red interior. Teenagers were notorious for dirty well worn Levis. Add in the hot rod era, the drag racing era and locations and the interior was ripe for getting dirty. He wanted a clean interior. It stayed that way until I took those covers off in 1964 to sell the Impala to a friend. That friend said he now had a brand new interior for his own teenage stories… Jnaki That red dash was all steel and shiny. It had just enough stuff to keep us informed. The only addition was a small black aircraft tachometer attached to the 120mph side of the dash lip (standard screw holes) So, the small black tachometer was one of a kind, lit up at night to show the information and did not block the view forward. The view of the red dash was for me, one of a kind, since it had a small aluminum gear selector area covered for the stick shift indicator. When we got a C&O Stick Hydro, the area was still covered with the aluminum plate from the factory.
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