Re: '33/4 Su8 Inst. Pl.

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/12/18 11:10:01

This is a question that's also interested me over the years. Good picture of the 34 Eight dash attached. This from my almost entirely original 703. Surely some fading or discoloration over the years but certainly not nickel-plated or even nickel-colored overall, an almost tarnished light bronze color with a brighter, dull niokel-like finish to the ring around each instrument. The metal texture is simple vertical grooves. The "Metal Finishing Handbook", and old standby, gives dozens of chemical coloration formulations for producing such effects on various metal substrates. I spent some years around the edges of this business and most of these chemical finishes were reasonably permanent.

I have a friend with a very original 33 Super Eight club sedan and can get some pictures of his dash if wanted, I've seen it but just don't recall the details. There are a few pictures of this car's interior (but not the dash) athttp://www.packardclub.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=686

Any other good detail photos of original details would be very welcome in that thread.

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