Re: 55-56 Senior Dash Screen Question (Mystery holes)

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2009/2/3 20:00:12

There are two holes there, one small one above the larger one. Also, did these originally go all the way through? What is behind them? Is that the standard backing material?

As I recall, if you looked real close on a factory dash without all the accessories, you could see where the "knockouts" were for additional switches, because that area of the metal screen would be a tad darker than the surrounding metal--indicating a hole through the backing material. There was some kind of fiber board backing behind the metal, wasn't there?

Taking a look at the original parts car as suggested earlier would probably solve the mystery in a minute.

BTW, wasn't this about the most supremely beautiful dash layout of the 50's? Very functional and clean, yet flashy and attractive.