Re: dash lights on the 22nd series

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/8/29 9:13:28

IIRC when new, they were actually a very dim purple with no sign of white light but the glo paint made only the lettering stand out brightly??

That's my recollection based on a 1950 Custom 8 I owned back about 1959 or 60; kind of a purple glow with brilliant green letters and numerals, very easy to read at night though my eyes were about a half-century younger! By the time I bought another about 15 years later, it was no where's as easy to read at night though I still had pretty good vision. I guess the Radium salt had a relatively short half-life?