Art & Inspiration The Inspired Cockpit-Ideas from outside the Box

Details from different "offices"

 

Love those vintage race cars. I live near Watkins Glen and always try to make the vintage races.

 

the boys...

 

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Fur biscuit, thats gotta be a blower bentley right?

Those glass fuel flow thingies are the raddest thing I have ever seen! watching the 'lifeblood' of the motor gurgling through right there on the dash as you drive along? I LOVE it.

Im going to try to capture some of the feel of all those photos in my 32 roadster..it aint easy to get that casual, random ,yet kinda symmetrical,placement of instruments in a 32 dash, but thats my evening musings after i finish work for an hour or so most nights..i reckon it'll take a month, and some more instrument collecting. Clock is next on my list..
Dad has a Yakolev flight chronometer sitting on his desk..wonder if he would miss it??

 

maser:



1938 Maserati 8CTF 3030

 

so you think you have patience and have a thing for welding?

 

yeah a blower, and not the best one, I am going to keep looking. some of the dashes are a wonderful example of organized chaos.

 

Thanks for posting - I'll be starting on a 60's sports special later in the year - this is all good brain fodder!

 

I love evrything about the Cunningham C4-R's, the cockpit included...oh yeah that Hemi doesn't hurt either.

 

Birdcage Maserati? One of my all time favorites........instant wood.

 

Yes, I find Maseratis in general pretty wood-inducing

 

These Delages are finished so finely it's ridiculous...

 

White on silver, how German.
1941 BMW 328MM Rennspyder.

 

the picture of the Delage on dirt...I wish that they would run some more races on dirt, so many of the race cars at the time were designed to run on varied surfaces, it would be great to see a collection of those cars running on a dirt road race course.

 

I like dashes.











more to come

 

Great pictures! Seeing those gets the creative thoughts flowing!
Viva Ferrari!

 

& the interior so far in my roadster, it will be decked out in Aluminium interior panels.

 

Jimmy B, I like dashes too...awesome posts my man...

 

Miller 91,
you come up with some neat stuff, man of my own passion. I love old race cars too.




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you come up with some neat stuff, man of my own passion. I love old race cars too.


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I believe dashes are the most important part of the car
my inspiration for my roadster comes from this


& This 1953 Alfa Romeo Bucci Special

 

Right F*in' on!!!

 

Aston always had nice "offices" as well.

This guy has a helluva nice bunch of pics on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94957089@N00/sets/

 

Thanks for the inspiration. My dash took a turn for the better this weekend and these dash's give me lots of ideas........

 

That Steering wheel is awesome!

 

The swirl on that wheel caught me off guard. Always thought that was a more modern design element.

 

An oldie but a goodie...

 

Wow. Can you imagine checking the vitals with that dash? Oil Pressure, check. Fuel Pressure, check. Flaps, check. Landing gear, check...

 

ya, I know it's an old thread...FYI those glass bowls aren't fuel bowls, they are oil. They drip/flow at a certian rate to let you know you have enough oil(or any) pressure/flow to it respective area. The really early cars didn't really go by oil pressure, since alot of the components weren't pressurized, just splash oiled....hence the visual drippers. I guess it's kinda like what they say about old Harleys...if it's not dripping oil...you need to add some... very neat pics btw, I think dashes are one of the most important part of your ride...you look at it more than any part of your car...or should.